NASA releases stunning video that lets you flyby Pluto
While humans may not make it to Pluto any time in the near future, NASA is allowing people to get a taste of what it would be like with a new flyby video.
NASA used data collected by the New Horizons spacecraft during its flyby of Pluto in 2015 to create a video detailing the icy dwarf planet’s surface.
“This dramatic Pluto flyover begins over the highlands to the southwest of the great expanse of nitrogen ice plain informally named Sputnik Planitia, ” NASA said in a statement.
NASA’s New Horizons account tweeted the video on July 14, 2017, noting in a series of tweets that it’s the two year anniversary of New Horizons historic flyby of Pluto.
NEW! Enjoy this #Pluto flyby video, made with data from our historic #PlutoFlyby. pic.twitter.com/viHjvnfXw6
— NASA New Horizons (@NASANewHorizons) July 14, 2017
#OTD in 2015, @NASANewHorizons spacecraft completed its historic #PlutoFlyby! What we’ve learned & where it’s headed https://t.co/peNTVdIqjf pic.twitter.com/N3r8clpLRP
— NASA (@NASA) July 14, 2017
New Horizons is currently venturing deep into the Kuiper Belt, which is a region of icy bodies and dwarf planets like Pluto, according to NASA.
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