Pluto News, The Kuipers and Beyond 09-NOV-09 en-us Paris, France (SPX) Oct 09, 2009 - In the framework of the key program "TNOs Are Cool: A Survey of the Trans-Neptunian Region," Herschel will reveal the physical properties of the poorly known objects orbiting beyond Neptune.]]> Bonn, Germany (SPX) Oct 06, 2009 - It happened on 24 August 2006: instead of the nine planets it had up to that time, our Solar System suddenly had only eight - the planet Pluto was no longer a planet. What happened?]]> Laurel MD (SPX) Sep 09, 2009 - New Horizons has sailed silently through another milestone on the way to its historic reconnaissance of the Pluto system, reaching the halfway point between the orbits of Saturn and Uranus.]]> Boulder CO (SPX) Sep 04, 2009 - We put New Horizons back into hibernation last week, on Aug. 27. This event signaled the completion of our third active spacecraft and payload checkout, which occupied us for most of July and August.]]> Pasadena CA (SPX) Sep 02, 2009 - The Dawn mission remains on course as the spacecraft continues to thrust with its ion propulsion system, patiently, persistently, and gently changing its orbit to keep its appointment with protoplanet Vesta in two years. Meanwhile, closer to mission control and in stark contrast, brave firefighters work hard to protect JPL and the nearby homes of many of its employees and others in the community.]]> Laurel MD (SPX) Sep 01, 2009 - The New Horizons mission team has closed out a successful summer workout, putting its Pluto-bound spacecraft back into hibernation on Aug. 27 after seven weeks of functional tests and system checks.]]> Pasadena CA (SPX) Aug 31, 2009 - Newly released images commemorate the 20-year anniversary of the Voyager flyby of Neptune's moon Triton on Aug. 24, 2009.]]> Rio De Janeiro (UPI) Aug 2, 2009 - Pluto's lowered celestial status will probably stick at an upcoming meeting of astronomers in Rio de Janeiro, an American astronomer predicted Sunday. ]]> Laurel MD (SPX) Jul 16, 2009 - The work is fun, no doubt there; but it never ends on this mission of exploration - particularly in the summer, when we conduct our annual spacecraft checkouts.]]> Melbourne, Australia (SPX) Jul 10, 2009 - Galileo knew he had discovered a new planet in 1613, 234 years before its official discovery date, according to a new theory by a University of Melbourne physicist.]]>