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Stories tagged “mission replay”

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The New Horizons probe, its gold-coloured body and dish in the foreground, with a dark half-lit Pluto behind it ringed by a thin blue glow, against stars.

New Horizons at Pluto: When Was Closest Approach, and How Close?

New Horizons passed Pluto on 14 July 2015 at about 12,500 km and 13.8 km/s. NASA’s timetable and JPL’s track disagree on the second by 88 seconds, and a 3D replay has to show both.

5 Nov 20266 min read

The Curiosity rover hanging on three cords under its rocket-powered descent stage, four engine flames lit, over a flat butterscotch Martian plain.

Missions & Spacecraft

Curiosity’s Landing: The Seven Minutes of Terror, Step by Step

Curiosity’s entry, descent and landing took 7 minutes 11 seconds on 6 August 2012. Here is the clock JPL published, the heights and speeds NASA gave, and what a 3D replay has to fill in between them.

4 Nov 20268 min read