The Pithy Amateur Astronomer

Source: http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2010/18jun_newhorizons/

The probe New Horizons wakes up for a bit of instrument testing. I am very anxious to see the findings this probe will come up with for Pluto and other Kuiper belt objects (KBO).

This is the fastest probe ever launched, traveling 1 million miles a day. The solar system is so vast that it will take another 5 years for the probe to reach its destination.