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Johns Hopkins APL Technical Digest
New Horizons: Completing the Initial Reconnaissance of the Solar System Volume 37, Number 1 (2023)
This issue tells the story of the exploration of Pluto and the Kuiper Belt. It describes the history of New Horizons from conception through the flyby of Pluto and the Kuiper Belt object Arrokoth, as well as the scientific rationale for the mission. This discussion is followed by descriptions of the spacecraft and instruments; how the New Horizons team flew the mission across the solar system and then told the world about it; and a summary of the scientific results and possible future science investigations (subject to NASA approval) to study the outer heliosphere.
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Discover the latest innovations, advancements, and accomplishments from the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory.
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![The IMAP spacecraft returns to the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory.]()
Sep 20, 2023
IMAP Mission Begins Integration and Testing at Johns Hopkins APL — Public Invited to Follow Along With Livestream
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![Members of the DART team celebrate on Sept. 26, 2022, as images live-streamed from the spacecraft show it successfully impacted the asteroid Dimorphos.]()
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