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NASA,
Johns Hopkins Univ./APL,
Southwest Research Inst.
原文:
Will the New Horizons spacecraft survive its closest approach to Pluto and return useful images and data? Humanity will know in a few hours. Regardless of how well it functions, New Horizon’s rapid speed will take it whizzing past Pluto and its moons today, with the time of closest approach being at 11:50 UT (7:50 am EDT). To better take images and data, though, the robotic spacecraft was preprogrammed and taken intentionally out of contact with the Earth until about 1:00 am UT July 15, which corresponds to about 9:00 pm EDT on July 14. Therefore, much of mankind will be holding its breath through this day, hoping that the piano-sized spacecraft communicates again with ground stations on Earth. Hopefully, at that time, New Horizons will begin beaming back new and enlightening data about a world that has remained remote and mysterious since its discovery 85 years ago. Featured above is a New Horizons composite image of the moon Charon (left) and Pluto (right) taken 3 days ago, already showing both worlds in unprecedented detail. Pluto flyby updates: #PlutoFlyby, Twitter, Facebook, Web, NASA TV
中文翻譯:
🌌 期待已久的時刻終於來臨！新地平線號(New Horizons)太空船將於今日（7月14日）早上11:50 UT（美東時間7:50 am）最接近冥王星（Pluto）及其衛星。在接下來的幾個小時內，全球都將屏息以待，希望這艘鋼琴大小的太空船能夠成功傳回珍貴的影像和數據！
為了確保拍攝最佳畫面，新地平線號已經預先編程並在飛越期間與地球斷開聯繫，直到7月15日早上1:00 UT（7月14日晚上9:00 EDT）方會再度回傳數據。科學家們對這個神秘的世界充滿期待，這個世界自從85年前被發現以來，一直都是一個遙遠而神秘的存在。
希望在那時，新地平線號能夠將最新的、令人振奮的數據和圖片傳回來！🪐✨
#新地平線 #冥王星 #太空探索 #PlutoFlyby #NASA #期待探險 #太空任務 #宇宙奧秘
來源:NASA每日圖片
