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		andyjohnson0 on July 14, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: New Horizons: Nasa spacecraft speeds past Pluto There's a detailed and informative article about the design of the New Horizons probe on the British Interplanetary Society site at [1]. An even more detailed description of the science payload can be found at [2]. [1] http://www.bis-space.com/2015/07/13/14875/inside-new-horizon... [2] http://www.boulder.swri.edu/pkb/ssr/ssr-payload-overview.pdf

andor436 on July 14, 2015 [–]

For the Twitter-inclined follow Emily Lakdawalla [1] - she is usually mere seconds behind the actual data, which is pretty amazing.

[1] https://twitter.com/elakdawalla

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