Launchpad: New Horizons Heads Towards Pluto
Find out about the fastest spacecraft to ever leave Earth's orbit. See what information scientists hope to gain from NASA's New Horizons spacecraft as it hurls through space. Check out the instruments that will help us get our first up-close look at Pluto.
Background Information
Grades 9 through 12
- John Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (JHU/APL) New Horizons: NASA's Pluto-Kuiper Belt Mission
- NASA New Horizons
- NASA New Horizons: Mission to Pluto
Activities
Grades 9 through 12
- University of Colorado, Boulder Speaking Volumes about Dust
- NASA New Horizons 3D Model
- University of Colorado, Boulder Dusty Dilemma