As New Horizons gets ever closer to its final destination of Pluto, we take a look at the instruments onboard the spacecraft. How do they work, and what will they help us learn about this distant planet?
1. Part 1: Close Encounters Of The Plutonian Kind
Aired: Dec 31, 2014Follow the timeline of the New Horizons mission from its inception to the dat...
Aired: Dec 31, 2014The controversial debate of Pluto's planetary status is explored.
3. Part 3: Into The Kuiper Belt
Aired: Dec 31, 2014As New Horizons gets ever closer to its final destination of Pluto, we take a...
4. Part 4: The Mapmaker's Dream
Aired: Dec 31, 2014As the New Horizons spacecraft gets ever closer to Pluto, the images being re...
5. Part 5: Looking Back, Looking Forward
Aired: Dec 31, 2014Weeks from its final destination, the New Horizons spacecraft is now closer t...
6. Part 6: The Shoals Of Pluto
Aired: Dec 31, 2014New Horizons journey to Pluto is winding down, and its destination is dead-ah...
7. Part 7: Behind The Scenes With Alan Stern
Aired: Dec 31, 2014With a mere hours to go until the New Horizons spacecraft reaches its destina...
8. Part 8: The "Giant Heart" On Pluto
Aired: Dec 31, 2014On the day of their spacecraft's historic Pluto flyby, the New Horizons team ...
Aired: Dec 31, 2014Be present as the NASA New Horizons team celebrates the moment of the New Hor...
10. Part 10: New Horizons Calls Home
Aired: Dec 31, 2014The second day of the Pluto flyby --- initial transmissions have successfully...
11. Part 11: New Horizons - Pluto Flyby Images
Aired: Dec 31, 2014Pictures worth waiting 9 years to get! The New Horizons team shows off the f...
12. Part 12: The Surface of Pluto
Aired: Dec 31, 2014The New Horizons mission has been a success, and as photographs and data cont...
Aired: Dec 31, 2014As the series comes to a close, new observations from mountain ranges to a bl...
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