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NASA's New Horizons Team Works to Revive Pluto-Bound Probe After Anomaly
http://www.nbcnews.com/science/space/nasas-new-horizons-team-reviving-pluto-probe-after-anomaly-n386876 ^

Posted on 07/05/2015 5:27:45 AM PDT by MNDude

NASA said its New Horizons probe suffered a temporary communication breakdown on Saturday, 10 days before it's scheduled to fly past Pluto, and the mission team is working to restore normal operations.

In a mission update, NASA said the team lost contact with the piano-sized probe at 1:54 p.m. ET, when it had less than 7.5 million miles left in its 3 billion-mile journey to the dwarf planet. The spacecraft's autopilot system switched control from its primary to its backup computer and restored communications at 3:15 p.m., NASA said.

There's one big complication: Because New Horizons is so far away, it takes four and a half hours for a set of signals to be sent to the spacecraft, or for the spacecraft to send signals back to Earth. Full recovery could take one day or several days, depending on the nature of the problem, NASA said. Until then, New Horizons is unable to collect science data.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: newhorizons; news; pluto

1 posted on 07/05/2015 5:27:46 AM PDT by MNDude
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To: MNDude

When it exited the neutral zone, the Plutons hacked the craft and cut off the signal


2 posted on 07/05/2015 5:35:51 AM PDT by bert ((K.E.; N.P.; GOPc.;+12, 73, ..... No peace? then no peace!)
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To: MNDude

We aren’t supposed to know what’s on nights Plutonian. Shore.


3 posted on 07/05/2015 5:36:40 AM PDT by Gefn (Books, ice cream, FRiends,, Free Republic, and kitties. Things I'm grateful for. (Cruz in 16))
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To: bert

Headline: New Horizons spacecraft sees strange black spots on Pluto’s equator.

Disappearance coincidence? I think not.


4 posted on 07/05/2015 5:41:57 AM PDT by BushCountry (If you're wondering, "I got my screenname before GW was elected the first time.")
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To: MNDude

Too close to Europa?


5 posted on 07/05/2015 5:50:25 AM PDT by Raycpa
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To: MNDude; SunkenCiv

Space ping!.........


6 posted on 07/05/2015 6:22:23 AM PDT by Red Badger (Man builds a ship in a bottle. God builds a universe in the palm of His hand.............)
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To: BushCountry

Just another one of those pesky Monoliths.


7 posted on 07/05/2015 6:26:16 AM PDT by Yo-Yo (Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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To: MNDude

“Anomaly”

A great euphemism.


8 posted on 07/05/2015 6:29:37 AM PDT by cymbeline
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To: MNDude

Pluto lifted his leg


9 posted on 07/05/2015 7:48:47 AM PDT by molson209 (Blank)
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To: Red Badger; brytlea; cripplecreek; decimon; bigheadfred; KoRn; Grammy; steelyourfaith; Mmogamer; ...
Thanks Red Badger, extra to APoD.

10 posted on 07/05/2015 8:47:01 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (What do we want? REGIME CHANGE! When do we want it? NOW)
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To: molson209

lol!


11 posted on 07/05/2015 9:01:03 AM PDT by brivette
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To: MNDude

Talk about perfect timing. After nearly a decade of flawless navigation, we get this. The Gods of Pluto are angry at the invasion of their privacy.


12 posted on 07/05/2015 11:04:46 AM PDT by lbryce (OBAMA:Misbegotten, GodForsaken, bastard offspring of Satan and Medusa)
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To: lbryce
I have no doubt about it. It's Colonel Ganz causing this "Anomaly".
13 posted on 07/05/2015 11:53:29 AM PDT by Rodamala
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