NASA Pluto fly-by to happen on July 14th, 2015

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NASA Announces Television Coverage Media Activities for Pluto Flyby Virtual-Strategy Magazine



It's going to be covered on NASA-TV!!

Here's a NASA vid of some background on the flyby:

 
THis is funny coming from NASA,

"Earlier registration is strongly encouraged, as space is very limited."

Space is very limited. :)
 
Some additional info,
How Long Does It Take to Get to Pluto

"Let’s talk spacecraft. When New Horizons blasted off from Earth, it was going 58,000 km/h. Just for comparison, astronauts in orbit are merely jaunting along at 28,000 km/h. That’s its speed going away from the Earth. When you add up the speed of the Earth, New Horizons was moving away from the Sun at a blistering 160,000 km/h.

Unfortunately, the pull of gravity from the Sun slowed New Horizons down. By the time it reached Jupiter, it was only going 68,000 km/h. It was able to steal a little velocity from Jupiter and crank its speed back up to 83,000 km/h. When it finally reaches Pluto, it’ll be going about 50,000 km/h. So how long did this journey take?

New Horizons launched on January 19, 2006, and it’ll reach Pluto on July 14, 2015. Do a little math and you’ll find that it has taken 9 years, 5 months and 25 days. The Voyager spacecraft did the distance between Earth and Pluto in about 12.5 years, although, neither spacecraft actually flew past Pluto. And the Pioneer spacecraft completed the journey in about 11 years."
 

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