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troutman · 01-19-2006, 04:19 PM

http://edition.cnn.com/2006/TECH/spa...ion/index.html

Planet or not a planet?

New Horizons lifted off atop a Lockheed Martin Atlas V rocket at 2:00 p.m. ET from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida to begin a 10-year, 3-billion-mile mission.

It took Apollo 11 three days to reach the moon in 1969. New Horizons will fly by it about nine hours and reach Jupiter in a little more than a year, the space agency said.

Planetary astronomers now believe Pluto is a Kuiper Belt object.

01-19-2006, 04:19 PM	#1
troutman Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Crowsnest Pass Exp:	Journey to Pluto http://edition.cnn.com/2006/TECH/spa...ion/index.html Planet or not a planet? New Horizons lifted off atop a Lockheed Martin Atlas V rocket at 2:00 p.m. ET from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida to begin a 10-year, 3-billion-mile mission. It took Apollo 11 three days to reach the moon in 1969. New Horizons will fly by it about nine hours and reach Jupiter in a little more than a year, the space agency said. Planetary astronomers now believe Pluto is a Kuiper Belt object. Last edited by troutman; 01-19-2006 at 04:21 PM.