The probe New Horizons reached Pluto, the Americans beside himself with pride – Moskovsky Komsomolets

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The nine-year mission of the American interplanetary probe New Horizons (New Horizons ) aimed at achieving Pluto came to a head – on the eve of the probe transmitted to Earth the first information on this small planet, triggering a wave of US Space patriotism.

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According to the Wednesday night at the US National Space Agency (NASA) signal was received from the spacecraft and all its systems are working normally, it is ready to transfer information received.

During the day on Tuesday apparatus was at a distance of 12,500 kilometers from Pluto, and continued to move through its system. The probe has already spent more than 150 measurements and on Wednesday will begin to transfer the information received to the Earth.

Information about the mission’s success has caused a lot of enthusiastic comments in the United States.

So, the head of NASA, Charles Bolden announced, America was the first country to reach all the planets of the solar system through the successful convergence of the probe New Horizons and the dwarf planet Pluto,

“No other nation in the world has achieved this”, – he said, congratulating the staff to give NASA probe signal, confirming successful passage through Pluto.

In turn, John Holdren, Obama’s adviser for science and technology, said that his country considered the world leader in space, according to NASA.

“Excited about the latest achievements of NASA, which once again demonstrates the superiority of the US in world space,” – quoted him as saying RIA Novosti.

According to him, the US first to reach Pluto, which is “an outstanding achievement which do not have any other nation. ” He noted that the success of New Horizons is a logical continuation of other projects in the USA – and the Kepler space observatory satellite DSCOVR.

Recall that the probe New Horizons was launched in January 2006. A year later he passed Jupiter at a record close distance of 2.3 million kilometers, passing on valuable information to the Earth’s atmosphere and magnetosphere of the planet, as well as data on its satellites. After that, the unit continued its space journey in “sleep mode” to save the options located on its equipment. In January 2015, the probe began its journey to Pluto.