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>> while you enjoy this beautiful eye candy, the pollute charon system is revealed in color by new horizons and you see a binary planet. enjoy the view while i tell you a little news about new horizons. the spacecraft is doing very well. as jim said we are little over two million on the far side of pluto, the spacecraft is performing according to plan. we exited the nine-day close approach encounter load yesterday. we are in the first of our departure science load. so we are looking back at the planet and looking at the night side and doing various experiments and spending our time down linking data. we have been downloading a lot of data. so we have big news. and i expect we will have more big news next friday when we downloaded even more. i will have to tell you, i am a little bias but i think the solar system saved the best for last. i am going to show you some things here. i will start off with a little news. if i can have the next time stamp or graphic here. let's see if we can bring it up. there it is. okay. that is not very many pixels but that is pluto's satellite nix in the first w
>> while you enjoy this beautiful eye candy, the pollute charon system is revealed in color by new horizons and you see a binary planet. enjoy the view while i tell you a little news about new horizons. the spacecraft is doing very well. as jim said we are little over two million on the far side of pluto, the spacecraft is performing according to plan. we exited the nine-day close approach encounter load yesterday. we are in the first of our departure science load. so we are looking back...
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that is nasa tv live and they are celebrating the 10 year, schmidt, a 3 billion-mile journey for new horizons. they will get to the new pictures that came in from new horizons, and obviously last night there was lots of cheering going on after getting word that the nasa spacecraft had reestablished contact by swinging by pluto and it's moons. 3billion miles, 5 billion kilometers, and one decade in the making. that spacecraft about the size of eight apn zero. the closest it came with 77, 7700 miles. >> it was exciting that made it out to pluto. >> it was cool. >> under the people attending a pluto party. signed to say they are looking forward to learning more about this mysterious dwarf planet as new information comes in about its mass, it atmosphere and its composition. pluto is actually about one fifth the size of earth. this is one of the images that nasa released from new horizons, and we are expecting some that are much more high-quality. >>> we have faith in your children, but sometimes you don't do exactly what you expect them to do. but in this instance, our spacecraft did exactly what
that is nasa tv live and they are celebrating the 10 year, schmidt, a 3 billion-mile journey for new horizons. they will get to the new pictures that came in from new horizons, and obviously last night there was lots of cheering going on after getting word that the nasa spacecraft had reestablished contact by swinging by pluto and it's moons. 3billion miles, 5 billion kilometers, and one decade in the making. that spacecraft about the size of eight apn zero. the closest it came with 77, 7700...
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prior to the new horizons' revealing, we were completely uncertain about how big hydra was. it could have been 20 miles across or 100 miles across. new verizon's has made it easy. just count the number of pixels across -- new horizons has made it easy. just count the number of pixels across. 30% larger in one dimension than the other. there is some very interesting things about hydra. you see some variations across the surface. if you can go to the next slide what we did here was subsample the image by a factor of four so it was subsample to take away that pixelated look. as well contours showing the brightness changes, and we took cuts across to measure the approximate places where you have the longest dimension in the green and the shorter dimension in the yellow. the surface of hydra is surprisingly large, about 45% reflectivity. about 45% of the sunlight gets reflected a way, and that can only mean that hydra's surface is probably composed primarily of water-ice. that is the only way to get it that bright, and that is cool. [laughter] >> it is intermediate brightness betw
prior to the new horizons' revealing, we were completely uncertain about how big hydra was. it could have been 20 miles across or 100 miles across. new verizon's has made it easy. just count the number of pixels across -- new horizons has made it easy. just count the number of pixels across. 30% larger in one dimension than the other. there is some very interesting things about hydra. you see some variations across the surface. if you can go to the next slide what we did here was subsample the...
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new horizons left earth on a journey that is 3 billion miles long.on thursday, the spacecraft sent back these images of pluto. it shows a planet that is unexpectedly peach in color, and has dark and light regions across its face. scientists are still trying to figure out what these images mean and hope it gives them clues to the origins of our solar system. >> i think this is a great example of a great society and a great nation and what great nations do. and i have to tell you, the data we're going to produce -- in fact, the data we're already producing, is a gift for the ages to all mankind. >> reporter: and again, right now as we speak, new horizons is making that crucial fly-by past pluto, again, just around 7,800 miles away from the planet, only 30 minutes for taking pictures. and right now we're awaiting for a live view inside the progress, new horizon's control room. and it looks like -- i guess they're cheering, celebrating over the fact that they have gotten this close to pluto. that the spacecraft is still sending back signals. unfortunatel
new horizons left earth on a journey that is 3 billion miles long.on thursday, the spacecraft sent back these images of pluto. it shows a planet that is unexpectedly peach in color, and has dark and light regions across its face. scientists are still trying to figure out what these images mean and hope it gives them clues to the origins of our solar system. >> i think this is a great example of a great society and a great nation and what great nations do. and i have to tell you, the data...
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. >> nasa discusses the newest finds from the new horizons to pluto and then we talk about the talks of who shot down the malaysian plane a year ago and then we talk about criminal justice reform efforts. nasa scientist held a news briefing to discuss the latest findings of the new horizons spacecraft that took the first images of the dwarf planet pluto and its moons. this is an hour. >> good afternoon, welcome to nasa head quarters in our nation's capital. i am dwayne brown from nasa's office of communications. following july 14th's fly-by the research team has been sharing the findings with the world. today, they have more. this mission has been embraced by the entire world of all ages. the numbers with multi media, social media, the internet radio and tv is in the billions. we want to shout out to the john hopkins physic laboratory for the unforget- meeting this week. we will open to up to social media here and on the phone lines. social media is absolutely exploding with this mission. follow the conversation at #plutoflyby. if you have questions send them in to #asknasa. and all o
. >> nasa discusses the newest finds from the new horizons to pluto and then we talk about the talks of who shot down the malaysian plane a year ago and then we talk about criminal justice reform efforts. nasa scientist held a news briefing to discuss the latest findings of the new horizons spacecraft that took the first images of the dwarf planet pluto and its moons. this is an hour. >> good afternoon, welcome to nasa head quarters in our nation's capital. i am dwayne brown from...
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new horizons has made it easy. this counts the number of pixels across. 28 by 19 miles and it is not a planet. 30% larger in one dimension than the other. variations in the brightness of the surface you can see. this shows what we did here was actually subsampling the image so it is four time subsampled to take away the pixilated look. as well as contour showing the brightness and changes. they took cuts across the measure the approximate places where you have the longest dimension in the green and shortest dimension in the yellow. the surface is surprisingly large. 45% reflectivety. so about 45% of the sun light is reflected way. and that can only mean that the moon's surface is probably composed primarily of water ice. that is the only way to get it that bright. and that is cool. it is intermediate between chiron and pluto. a nice thing we have coming up is more observations of the moon with an entire resolution about two or three better and we are looking forward to those. but it is great. we have already seen i
new horizons has made it easy. this counts the number of pixels across. 28 by 19 miles and it is not a planet. 30% larger in one dimension than the other. variations in the brightness of the surface you can see. this shows what we did here was actually subsampling the image so it is four time subsampled to take away the pixilated look. as well as contour showing the brightness and changes. they took cuts across the measure the approximate places where you have the longest dimension in the green...
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stood the new horizon team wag bringing a blurred point of light into focus. >> >> pluto is the last major unexplored body in the solar systems. n.a.s.a. officials say they have learnt something new. >> we discovered pluto is a little larger than anticipated. we have good measures of its diameter and radius. it's 1185km, plus or minus 10. that settles the debate about the largest object in the koyper belt. new horizons spent more than 8 hours looking back at pluto, for a series of experiments, to study the planet's atmosphere and photographing it and mapping it. it took 4.5 hours to send back, the time it took radio signals at light speed travelling to earth. to travel 5 billion kilometres back to earth. once considered an icy dead world, the new images show that it contained massive mountains and water a main building block of life. >> the steep topography means the bedrock making the mountains must be made of h2o, of water ice. >> it will take 16 months of new horizons to transmit back the images and measurements taken during tuesdays fly-by. pluto was demoted to the status of a dwa
stood the new horizon team wag bringing a blurred point of light into focus. >> >> pluto is the last major unexplored body in the solar systems. n.a.s.a. officials say they have learnt something new. >> we discovered pluto is a little larger than anticipated. we have good measures of its diameter and radius. it's 1185km, plus or minus 10. that settles the debate about the largest object in the koyper belt. new horizons spent more than 8 hours looking back at pluto, for a...
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today the new horizon's team is bringing what was previously a blurred point of light into focus. >> pluto is the last major unexplored body in the solar system. already it learned something new. >> we discovered that pluto is larger than we anticipated. we have good measurements of its diameter and radius. its radius is 1185 kilometers plus or minus 10. that settles the debate about the largest object. >> new horizons spent more than eight hours looking back at pluto, sending back images took another four and a half hours the time it takes radio signals to travel the nearly 5 billion kilometers back to earth. once considered an icy dead world, the new images show that it contains massive mountains and water a main building block of life. >> the bedrock that makes those mountains must be made of water ice. >> it will take 16 months for new horizons to transmit back all the images taken. pluto was demoted to the status of a dwarf planet. those objects are believed to be remnants from the formation of the solar system 4.6 billion years ago. >>> the solar powered plane which is attemptin
today the new horizon's team is bringing what was previously a blurred point of light into focus. >> pluto is the last major unexplored body in the solar system. already it learned something new. >> we discovered that pluto is larger than we anticipated. we have good measurements of its diameter and radius. its radius is 1185 kilometers plus or minus 10. that settles the debate about the largest object. >> new horizons spent more than eight hours looking back at pluto, sending...
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new new horizons is flying into the unknown. and tomorrow morning, we should see the beginning of a 16-month data waterfall. you will see seeing more and more about pluto beginning tomorrow. but if we could put up the best image having a resolution of four kilometers per pictures which is a thousand time better we could do even with the hubble scope telescope e three billion miles away at earth. new horizons took that image yesterday and downlinked to it to ground. that image flew at the speed of light for four and a half hours and received to nasa's deep space network, the image was opened this morning, and how about a round of applause for that beautiful planet? now i would like to invite our mission manager alice bowman. dr. bowman has been leading the operation from the time we wrote the proposal to compete to win this project, all the way through development, through launch, and through an epic three billion mile journey across the solar system. ally -- alice? [applause] >> what an absolute honor it is to be here to be stan
new new horizons is flying into the unknown. and tomorrow morning, we should see the beginning of a 16-month data waterfall. you will see seeing more and more about pluto beginning tomorrow. but if we could put up the best image having a resolution of four kilometers per pictures which is a thousand time better we could do even with the hubble scope telescope e three billion miles away at earth. new horizons took that image yesterday and downlinked to it to ground. that image flew at the speed...
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the new horizons mission.s, within the past two hours, that spacecraft came within 7,800 miles within the system. we're talking about pluto, technically a dwarf planet, ice planet and you can see at the new horizons center on the east coast cheering this morning during that fly-by. it was a 30,000-mile-an-hour fly-by. the spacecraft had 30 minutes to take pictures of the planet, its largest moon, along with chemical readings. we're still waiting for the readings to come in. could be several hours. Ánine be several hours. years ago on a journey that's taken it 3 bhl billion miles plus. and on thursday, take a look at your tv screen. the spacecraft sent these images of pluto as it approached the dwarf planet, unexpectedly peach in color, as dark and lightu3:p regions. scientists still trying to figure out what those images mean and hope it gives clues to the origins of our solar system. >> i think this is a great example of a great society and a great nation and what great nations do. and i have to tell you, the
the new horizons mission.s, within the past two hours, that spacecraft came within 7,800 miles within the system. we're talking about pluto, technically a dwarf planet, ice planet and you can see at the new horizons center on the east coast cheering this morning during that fly-by. it was a 30,000-mile-an-hour fly-by. the spacecraft had 30 minutes to take pictures of the planet, its largest moon, along with chemical readings. we're still waiting for the readings to come in. could be several...
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and the new horizons team and the johns hopkins, household names. show the world how much you appreciate that and what they have done this week with as nice and as loud as you can round of applause for their accomplishments. [ applause ] >> okay. now let's get to the questions. if you can raise your hand high, we have a full house. i want to make sure i can get as many as i can and see you clearly. let's start with here and wait for the mic and give you name and affiliation, please. >> irene with reuters. there's a lot to digest. so i guess one of the first questions i have is for cathy. does the realization that charon is active have any implications for the origin theories that it was splat off of pluto in another body? thanks. >> i don't think that -- i don't know quite yet. so what i'd say off the top of my head is that i was thinking we would see lots of craters and that would tell us something about how long ago charon creed. that would tell us something about that giant impact. the fact we don't see the craters makes that difficult to do. but
and the new horizons team and the johns hopkins, household names. show the world how much you appreciate that and what they have done this week with as nice and as loud as you can round of applause for their accomplishments. [ applause ] >> okay. now let's get to the questions. if you can raise your hand high, we have a full house. i want to make sure i can get as many as i can and see you clearly. let's start with here and wait for the mic and give you name and affiliation, please....
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these are images from the new horizons control room back east. scientists part of this historic mission, a mission that's been over nine years in the making. it was nine years ago when the new horizons spacecraft left the planet earth for a 3 billion mile journey to pluto. of course, it's been on and off status. it's now called a dwarf planet, but for many of us when we were a kid, one of the nine planets of the solar system before it got down graded. but the whole point of this mission is to get a better sense of the origins of our solar system, by studying this icy planet. so about a half hour ago, the new horizons spacecraft got the closest it's going to get. it did a fly-by at 30,000 miles per hour, 7,800 miles away from the surface of the planet and only has 30 minutes to take its measurements, photos and what not. as i'm speaking now, it should be wrapping up that fly-by as it's been 30 minutes since it first arrived there. and as i mentioned, there's also been images that have been sent back to earth over the past week. these are images fr
these are images from the new horizons control room back east. scientists part of this historic mission, a mission that's been over nine years in the making. it was nine years ago when the new horizons spacecraft left the planet earth for a 3 billion mile journey to pluto. of course, it's been on and off status. it's now called a dwarf planet, but for many of us when we were a kid, one of the nine planets of the solar system before it got down graded. but the whole point of this mission is to...
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the three billion mile journey of the new horizons spacecraft began in 2006. it left the earth faster than any spacecraft ever-- making a beeline for pluto-- getting a gravitational kick from jupiter as it bulleted past, snapping pictures all the while. and now after nearly a decade in space, new horizons is finally there. >> i like to call this a mission of delayed gratification because it takes nine and a half years to get all the way out to pluto but we're almost there. and the opportunity to transform pluto from a little pixilated blob into a world with complexity and diversity is just going to be amazing. >> reporter: hal weaver is the new horizons project scientist. he admits to some nerves here in the home stretch. >> oh, yeah. i'm somewhat nervous because in the space business, you're only as strong as your weakest link. and we've put so much effort into making sure that we squeeze as much as possible out of this mission scientifically. >> reporter: and that scientific "to-do list" is a long one. despite what we may imagine, pluto is no simple ice-cove
the three billion mile journey of the new horizons spacecraft began in 2006. it left the earth faster than any spacecraft ever-- making a beeline for pluto-- getting a gravitational kick from jupiter as it bulleted past, snapping pictures all the while. and now after nearly a decade in space, new horizons is finally there. >> i like to call this a mission of delayed gratification because it takes nine and a half years to get all the way out to pluto but we're almost there. and the...
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and we can have missions like new horizons to pluto. this is a role for a public and private partnership. for the safety issue, there can be a safe. what you are having here is a close working relationship between n.a.s.a. and the core. and the private industry ourselves. we'll see if play out in an exciting way. >> there is time. and it's a look into the future. if you could reel briefly, and i start with casey. where do you see the future of private space exploration and tourism heading in the next couple of decades. >> i think the ideal case is that you have private industry really taking over what is lower orbit. orbiting the earth, you are able to free up n.a.s.a. to go to so many exciting places and behind. >> europa, jupiter, will be a trial destination, n.a.s.a. getting humans to mars, and probes out to sat urn and neptune. the key thing here is getting n.a.s.a. out of the business of shuttling things, industry that can build a business out of that. ideally lower the cost. get tourist stuff into space. n.a.s.a. should be explora
and we can have missions like new horizons to pluto. this is a role for a public and private partnership. for the safety issue, there can be a safe. what you are having here is a close working relationship between n.a.s.a. and the core. and the private industry ourselves. we'll see if play out in an exciting way. >> there is time. and it's a look into the future. if you could reel briefly, and i start with casey. where do you see the future of private space exploration and tourism heading...
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the new horizons spacecraft carrying the ashes of clyde tombaugh who discovered pluto. his children are celebrating. to the universe forever. >> reporter: it was a packed house full of nasa enthusiasts of all inning -- of all ages. >> getting to see an actual picture of pluto instead of a blurred photo. >> i want to be an astronaut. >> look what we've accomplished. it's truly amazing that humankind can go out and explore these worlds and to see pluto be revealed just before our eyes. it's just fantastic. >> reporter: in laurel, delia goncalves, wusa9. >> the story is not over yet. new or rye disons will check in -- new horizons will check in at 9:00 and send its first official photo tomorrow but it will take 16 months till all the data from its exploration can be collected. >>> first alert meteorologist allyson rae says we could be in for some wet weather later today. allyson, where are the storms now? >> they're still headed our way. we have a while to wait for these showers and thunderstorms to arrive in our area. but the national weather service has already issued th
the new horizons spacecraft carrying the ashes of clyde tombaugh who discovered pluto. his children are celebrating. to the universe forever. >> reporter: it was a packed house full of nasa enthusiasts of all inning -- of all ages. >> getting to see an actual picture of pluto instead of a blurred photo. >> i want to be an astronaut. >> look what we've accomplished. it's truly amazing that humankind can go out and explore these worlds and to see pluto be revealed just...
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new horizon will be less than 8,000 miles from the surface snapping detailed photo.sest it has ever been. >> the rest logs of the pictures as far as surface detail get down to 100 feet per pixel that advertise incredible pixel that advertise incredible. they will be stunning. >> fly by will take place tomorrow morning but even at the speed of light it will take several hours before the photo to reach earth. alan abc 7 news. >> really exciting. amaze what they have come accomplished. >> awesome. time to check on our weather pretty awesome as well. >> sand why is tracking the weather >> it's beautiful weather as we look at live doppler 7hd. low cloud beginning to fill back in along the coast line and temperatures really quite comfortable in the 60's from half moon bay all the way out towards the livermore valley so really mild for the morning. as you look at the view from the emeryville camera there are low clouds in the distance. that is what you dweel in the morning. warming trend and extra cloud this weekend possibly some showers. i'll show you why in jolt. satellit
new horizon will be less than 8,000 miles from the surface snapping detailed photo.sest it has ever been. >> the rest logs of the pictures as far as surface detail get down to 100 feet per pixel that advertise incredible pixel that advertise incredible. they will be stunning. >> fly by will take place tomorrow morning but even at the speed of light it will take several hours before the photo to reach earth. alan abc 7 news. >> really exciting. amaze what they have come...
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at that speed, you could cross the united states in about six minutes. >> reporter: new horizons sent no new images tonight, but they were able to confirm something they didn't know before. pluto is 1470 miles across. bigger than they thought. and more data uncovering pluto's mysteries is coming. >> we are going to learn about the mass of pluto, the atmosphere of pluto. the surface composition and texture. >> reporter: in oakland, christin ayers, kpix5. >> tonight, the president tweeted pluto just had its first visitor. thanks nasa. it is a great day for discovery and american leadership. tonight, nasa says you ain't seen nothing yet. tonight, the new horizons spacecraft is expected to beam back images with greater detail. >>> tonight, san jose police want you to watch this. a guy wacs into the nothing bunt cakes bakery, pulls a gun, and demands money. the clerk's hand over what they had. police are just releasing the video tonight. the gunman got away before police could get there. the whole robbery lasted less than one minute. >>> also tonight, we have new details about that bizarre
at that speed, you could cross the united states in about six minutes. >> reporter: new horizons sent no new images tonight, but they were able to confirm something they didn't know before. pluto is 1470 miles across. bigger than they thought. and more data uncovering pluto's mysteries is coming. >> we are going to learn about the mass of pluto, the atmosphere of pluto. the surface composition and texture. >> reporter: in oakland, christin ayers, kpix5. >> tonight, the...
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. >>> cheers broke out at the new horizons mission control today. the tiny space probe messaged back to earth that it completed its first fly by of pluto. abc7 news reporter alan wang was at the science center in oakland where space buffs gathered for the historic moment. >> it was history in the making. a tiny space probe traveled more than three billion miles and snapped the friers detailed photos of pluto and messaged back saying it was preparing to send the images to earth. >> i am beyond excited about this. >> zachary goldberg was only two years old when the new horizons space probe launched into the unknown in 2006. >> it is gonna help us learn so much about the origins of our solar system. we are going to learn about its atmosphere and the composition of its surface. >> copy that. thermal is nominal. all temperatures are green. >> anxiety was replaced by celebration after new horizons reported all systems functioning. >> it is always in the back of your mind. one grain of sand hitting it at the wrong moment and you may never hear from it again
. >>> cheers broke out at the new horizons mission control today. the tiny space probe messaged back to earth that it completed its first fly by of pluto. abc7 news reporter alan wang was at the science center in oakland where space buffs gathered for the historic moment. >> it was history in the making. a tiny space probe traveled more than three billion miles and snapped the friers detailed photos of pluto and messaged back saying it was preparing to send the images to earth....
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new horizon will be less than 8,000 miles from the surface snapping detailed photo. closest it has ever been. >> the rest logs of the pictures as far as surface detail get down to 100 feet per pixel that advertise incredible pixel that advertise incredible. they will be stunning. >> fly by will take place tomorrow morning but even at the speed of light it will take several hours before the photo to reach earth. alan abc 7 news. >> really exciting. amaze what they have come accomplished. >> awesome. time to check on our weather pretty awesome as well. >> sand why is tracking the weather >> it's beautiful weather as we look at live doppler 7hd. low cloud beginning to fill back in along the coast line and temperatures really quite comfortable in the 60's from half moon bay all the way out towards the livermore valley so really mild for the morning. as you look at the view from the emeryville camera there are low clouds in the distance. that is what you dweel in the morning. warming trend and extra cloud this weekend possibly some showers. i'll show you why in jolt. sate
new horizon will be less than 8,000 miles from the surface snapping detailed photo. closest it has ever been. >> the rest logs of the pictures as far as surface detail get down to 100 feet per pixel that advertise incredible pixel that advertise incredible. they will be stunning. >> fly by will take place tomorrow morning but even at the speed of light it will take several hours before the photo to reach earth. alan abc 7 news. >> really exciting. amaze what they have come...
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new horizon will be less than 8,000 miles from the surface snapping detailed photo.e rest logs of the pictures as far as surface detail get down to 100 feet per pixel that advertise incredible pixel that advertise incredible. they will be stunning. >> fly by will take place tomorrow morning but even at the speed of light it will take several hours before the photo to reach earth. alan abc 7 news. >> really exciting. amaze what they have come accomplished. >> awesome. time to check on our weather pretty awesome as well. >> sand why is tracking the weather >> it's beautiful weather as we look at live doppler 7hd. low cloud beginning to fill back in along the coast line and temperatures really quite comfortable in the 60's from half moon bay all the way out towards the livermore valley so really mild for the morning. as you look at the view from the emeryville camera there are low clouds in the distance. that is what you dweel in the morning. warming trend and extra cloud this weekend possibly some showers. i'll show you why in jolt. satellite radar showing you a weak l
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here is an image of a planet captured by nasa's new horizon.soared past pluto early this morning. it has travels more than 3 billion -- trillion miles. it will take nearly a year and a half to retrieve all of the data that it has collected. today's pictures are telling us a lot about the edges of the solar system. joining us now with more we have planet lab's dr. chris. we also have dr. michael charest from new york. he is a curator at the american museum of natural history. chris, i will start with you this took nine years, why? tell us about the technology. chris: pluto is far away. to have a spacecraft that can last for nine years of hard. it needed heaters, and it needed to travel a long distance, that is how long it takes. emily: michael, how historic is this? michael: it was extraordinarily difficult. tremendous perseverance on the part of nasa, allen stern, all of the hundreds of people involved, putting the great technology together. we have wanted to take a look at what is going on out there. we have never had a clue, now suddenly we a
here is an image of a planet captured by nasa's new horizon.soared past pluto early this morning. it has travels more than 3 billion -- trillion miles. it will take nearly a year and a half to retrieve all of the data that it has collected. today's pictures are telling us a lot about the edges of the solar system. joining us now with more we have planet lab's dr. chris. we also have dr. michael charest from new york. he is a curator at the american museum of natural history. chris, i will start...
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whose hard work and diligence paid off in the discovery of pluto. >> reporter: the cameras aboard new horizonswere flying in outer space at the same attitude, you could make out softball fields. they're hoping to make details like that on tuesday. meg oliver, cbs news, new york. >>> coming up after your local news on "cbs this morning," an update to bail out greece from its debt crisis. we'll get the latest. >>> plus the alarming rise on the cheap new designer drug flakka. we'll get the details on that. >>> and we'll catch up with the new wimbledon champion novak djokovic fresh off his victory at the all england club. >>> that's the news for this morning. thanks for watching. i'm anne-marie green. have a great day. i'm anne-marie green. have a great d -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com joirks joot n beginning at 4:30. good morning. it's monday july 13th. i'm maria medina. and i'm frank mallicoat we're taking you up on skydrone 5 with a look at the major 0. >>> and good morning everyone. it is monday, july 13th. >> it is nearly 4:30 on your monday. >> and we're -- we are taking you up on des
whose hard work and diligence paid off in the discovery of pluto. >> reporter: the cameras aboard new horizonswere flying in outer space at the same attitude, you could make out softball fields. they're hoping to make details like that on tuesday. meg oliver, cbs news, new york. >>> coming up after your local news on "cbs this morning," an update to bail out greece from its debt crisis. we'll get the latest. >>> plus the alarming rise on the cheap new designer...
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. >>> cheers broke out at the new horizons mission control today. the tiny space probe messaged back to earth that it completed its first fly by of pluto. abc7 news reporter alan wang was at the science center in oakland where space buffs gathered for the historic moment. >> it was history in the making. a tiny space probe traveled more than three billion miles and snapped the friers detailed photos of pluto and messaged back saying it was preparing to send the images to earth. >> i am beyond excited about this. >> zachary goldberg was only two years old when the new horizons space probe launched into the unknown in 2006. >> it is gonna help us learn so much about the origins of our solar system. we are going to learn about its atmosphere and the composition of its surface. >> copy that. thermal is nominal. all temperatures are green. >> anxiety was replaced by celebration after new horizons reported all systems functioning. >> it is always in the back of your mind. one grain of sand hitting it at the wrong moment and you may never hear from it again
. >>> cheers broke out at the new horizons mission control today. the tiny space probe messaged back to earth that it completed its first fly by of pluto. abc7 news reporter alan wang was at the science center in oakland where space buffs gathered for the historic moment. >> it was history in the making. a tiny space probe traveled more than three billion miles and snapped the friers detailed photos of pluto and messaged back saying it was preparing to send the images to earth....
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and close encounter, nasa's new horizon swings by pluto with a climax of a decade-old journey. ♪ it hasen a decade to reach and finally iran and six major world powers agreed to a historic nuclear deal and see iran limit the nuclear activities in return for the lifting of crippling sanctions and destroy 98% of weapons and remove two thirds of center fuges used to enrich uranium and access to the sites when and where necessary and by mutual agreement and if iran breaches the agreement a clause has been put in place which will allow sanctions to be reinstated within 65 days and al jazeera's diplomatic reporter james base reports from vienna. >> reporter: the moment agreement was finally reached. after hours of intense negotiations into the night the key players here said it was a historic deal. its opponents believe it's a dangerous, historic mistake, even one of the main negotiators admitted it was very much a compromise agreement. >> we are reaching an agreement that is not perfect for anybody but it is what we could accomplish and it is an important achievement for all of us. >> report
and close encounter, nasa's new horizon swings by pluto with a climax of a decade-old journey. ♪ it hasen a decade to reach and finally iran and six major world powers agreed to a historic nuclear deal and see iran limit the nuclear activities in return for the lifting of crippling sanctions and destroy 98% of weapons and remove two thirds of center fuges used to enrich uranium and access to the sites when and where necessary and by mutual agreement and if iran breaches the agreement a clause...
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but he says it will be worth it because new horizons will be just 7800 miles from pluto and the photosds of times clearer. >> the basic rule is expect the unexpected. >> exactly. that is the lesson of planetary exploration. the first missions to mars they didn't expect to find craters an river valleys but they did. >> reporter: stern is making no predictions about pluto. >> when i'm asked what i expect i expect to find something wonderful. >> reporter: yes, in this time of global conflict america will soon get to share something wonderful with the entire world. chip reid, cbs news washington. >> american engineering. and that is the "cbs evening news" for tonight. for all of us at cbs news all around the world good night. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org >> severe storms bearing down on the philadelphia metro area i'm meteorologist, kate bilo, here is the latest on storm scan3 and here is the line we watching. now, you can see the shape of this system, looks like large scale storm system, heavy rain to the north the power right in this
but he says it will be worth it because new horizons will be just 7800 miles from pluto and the photosds of times clearer. >> the basic rule is expect the unexpected. >> exactly. that is the lesson of planetary exploration. the first missions to mars they didn't expect to find craters an river valleys but they did. >> reporter: stern is making no predictions about pluto. >> when i'm asked what i expect i expect to find something wonderful. >> reporter: yes, in this...
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. >>> cheers broke out at the new horizons mission control today. he tiny space probe messaged back to earth that it completed its first fly by of pluto. abc7 news reporter alan wang was at the science center in oakland where space buffs gathered for the historic moment. >> it was history in the making. a tiny space probe traveled more than three billion miles and snapped the friers detailed photos of pluto and messaged back saying it was preparing to send the images to earth. >> i am beyond excited about this. >> zachary goldberg was only two years old when the new horizons space probe launched into the unknown in 2006. >> it is gonna help us learn so much about the origins of our solar system. we are going to learn about its atmosphere and the composition of its surface. >> copy that. thermal is nominal. all temperatures are green. >> anxiety was replaced by celebration after new horizons reported all systems functioning. >> it is always in the back of your mind. one grain of sand hitting it at the wrong moment and you may never hear from it again.
. >>> cheers broke out at the new horizons mission control today. he tiny space probe messaged back to earth that it completed its first fly by of pluto. abc7 news reporter alan wang was at the science center in oakland where space buffs gathered for the historic moment. >> it was history in the making. a tiny space probe traveled more than three billion miles and snapped the friers detailed photos of pluto and messaged back saying it was preparing to send the images to earth....
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. >>> nasa yesterday released photographs from pluto taken by the space agency's new horizons mission as it went past the dwarf planet 3 billion miles from earth. nasa released the images at a news briefing at its facility in laurel, maryland. this is an hour. >> good afternoon. welcome to the johns hopkins applied physics laboratory in lower maryland. my name is dwayne brown with nasa nasa's office of communication. to set the stage for today's press conference, please welcome to the podium associate administrator science mission director in washington, d.c. dr. john grunsfeld. [ applause ] >> welcome, everyone. it's a full auditorium here at the johns hopkins university applied physics lab. i was a little bit worried no one would show up. actually, i wasn't worried at all. anybody get any sleep last night? i'm not hearing too many affirmations of a good night's sleep. i'm not going to ask the team, because i know they were probably pretty excited about this morning's data pass, as was i. i'd like to take on you a short tour to frame the discussion. and i'm not going to say a whole l
. >>> nasa yesterday released photographs from pluto taken by the space agency's new horizons mission as it went past the dwarf planet 3 billion miles from earth. nasa released the images at a news briefing at its facility in laurel, maryland. this is an hour. >> good afternoon. welcome to the johns hopkins applied physics laboratory in lower maryland. my name is dwayne brown with nasa nasa's office of communication. to set the stage for today's press conference, please welcome...
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in the new horizons tell investigators from washington university in st. louis . >> thank you very much. july 14 was very historic for nasa with the flyby of the new horizon spacecraft to the plato's system we are just 10 days from that but yet we only have had an opportunity to see 5% of the data. restorer that on board and it is just now starting to come back each and every day than a team is looking at the data and it is a pleasure to be a part of that to see the new discoveries coming out. today we will talk about the latest data over the last few days. it is spectacular but also was taken on board and stored prior to the encounter and post encounter after it could fly through the system to look back as it hurtles away at 16 kilometers per second they are amazing discoveries so i will turn over to the principal investigator to start us off. >> last week the united states explore the farthest frontier ever vice-chairman kind we cannot tell you how happy we are to tell you what we are discovering. we came back on friday to give the first report of the fi
in the new horizons tell investigators from washington university in st. louis . >> thank you very much. july 14 was very historic for nasa with the flyby of the new horizon spacecraft to the plato's system we are just 10 days from that but yet we only have had an opportunity to see 5% of the data. restorer that on board and it is just now starting to come back each and every day than a team is looking at the data and it is a pleasure to be a part of that to see the new discoveries coming...
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once it's done with pluto new horizons will fly past one more object in 2019 before heading out in to interstellar space. >>> president obama today granting clemency to 46 convicted drug criminals. thanks for being here. i'm derek mcginty. >> and i'm debra alfarone. the president says the harsh precedences were based on outdated guidelines. andrea mccarren has the latest from the white house. >> these men and women were not hardened criminals but the overwhelming majority had been sentenced to at least 20 years. >> reporter: calling the united states a nation of second chances, president obama commuted the sentences of 46 men and women. that means their convictions remain but their punishment ends. >> 14 of them had been sentenced to life for nonviolent drug offenses. so their punishments didn't fit the crime. >> reporter: the president's actions reflect a stepped house to make the criminal justice system more fair and reduce stiff sentences for what the administration considers nonviolent crimes. but the move is very controversial. >> we're trying to fight cyber terrorism. we're tryi
once it's done with pluto new horizons will fly past one more object in 2019 before heading out in to interstellar space. >>> president obama today granting clemency to 46 convicted drug criminals. thanks for being here. i'm derek mcginty. >> and i'm debra alfarone. the president says the harsh precedences were based on outdated guidelines. andrea mccarren has the latest from the white house. >> these men and women were not hardened criminals but the overwhelming majority...
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nasa celebrates the new horizon probe that sailed past the door lannett -- the dwarf planet pluto. i'm sarah kelly. thank you for joining us. world leaders have welcomed a deal to regulate iran's nuclear ambitions. u.s. president barack obama said it offered a chance for a new direction with relations in iran. the iranian president has pledged to never seek to build a nuclear weapon. as part of this deal, they have agreed to reduce the iranian -- uranium enrichment facility and a stop using the facilities to enrichment uranium. it will reduce storage by 96% and will move or modify the core of the heavywater nuclear reactor in iraq so that it no longer -- billions of dollars in international sanctions relief. the negotiations were long and arduous. >> the relief among the negotiators was tangible. after a decade of negotiation deadlines to contain iran's deep in her program, a deal that many are calling historic. >> this is very much needed in these times. >> as someone who has been part of this for 10 years, the german prime minister said i am happy we have reached a point where an
nasa celebrates the new horizon probe that sailed past the door lannett -- the dwarf planet pluto. i'm sarah kelly. thank you for joining us. world leaders have welcomed a deal to regulate iran's nuclear ambitions. u.s. president barack obama said it offered a chance for a new direction with relations in iran. the iranian president has pledged to never seek to build a nuclear weapon. as part of this deal, they have agreed to reduce the iranian -- uranium enrichment facility and a stop using the...
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the new horizons was able to photographs pluto's moons. and they're confirming that the pluto apply- fly by was a success. back in athens the greek prime minister has been appealing for support for the tough bail out package. let's listen to what he's saying. >> yes, that's the . >> people would express solidarity with people, and now experience it it's very exciting development which should honor us. and finally there is much agony and much passion for what a group' involve for you. if you are concerned why don't you make it non-trust. we got that. we got five years under this new agreement arms coming in and out of iran are prohibited, and >> final note from the greek prime minister for support of the bail out measures do we know when they're going to vote? >> well, it doesn't seem now that this is the final push by prime minister tsipras his last speech before parliament. earlier prime minister tsiprs spoke. right after the opposition leader spoke. he pledged support for these measures and support for prime minister tsipras and now tisp
the new horizons was able to photographs pluto's moons. and they're confirming that the pluto apply- fly by was a success. back in athens the greek prime minister has been appealing for support for the tough bail out package. let's listen to what he's saying. >> yes, that's the . >> people would express solidarity with people, and now experience it it's very exciting development which should honor us. and finally there is much agony and much passion for what a group' involve for...
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nasa celebrates the new horizon probe that sailed past the door lannett -- the dwarf planet pluto. i'm sarah kelly. thank you for joining us. world leaders have welcomed a deal to regulate iran's nuclear ambitions. u.s. president barack obama said it offered a chance for a new direction with relations in iran. the iranian president has pledged to never seek to build a nuclear weapon. as part of this deal, they have agreed to reduce the iranian -- uranium enrichment facility and a stop using the facilities to enrichment uranium. it will reduce storage by 96% and will move or modify the core of the heavywater nuclear reactor in iraq so that it no longer -- billions of dollars in international sanctions relief. the negotiations were long and arduous. >> the relief among the negotiators was tangible. after a decade of negotiation deadlines to contain iran's deep in her program, a deal that many are calling historic. >> this is very much needed in these times. >> as someone who has been part of this for 10 years, the german prime minister said i am happy we have reached a point where an
nasa celebrates the new horizon probe that sailed past the door lannett -- the dwarf planet pluto. i'm sarah kelly. thank you for joining us. world leaders have welcomed a deal to regulate iran's nuclear ambitions. u.s. president barack obama said it offered a chance for a new direction with relations in iran. the iranian president has pledged to never seek to build a nuclear weapon. as part of this deal, they have agreed to reduce the iranian -- uranium enrichment facility and a stop using the...
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and the new horizons team and the johns hopkins, household names. show the world how much you appreciate that and what they have done this week with as nice and as loud as you can round of applause for their accomplishments. [ applause ] >> okay. now let's get to the questions. if you can raise your hand high, we have a full house. i want to make sure i can get as many as i can and see you clearly. let's start with here and wait for the mic and give you name and affiliation please. >> irene with reuters. there's a lot to digest. so i guess one of the first questions i have is for cathy. does the realization that charon is active have any implications for the origin theories that it was splat off of pluto in another body? thanks. >> i don't think that -- i don't know quite yet. so what i'd say off the top of my head is that i was thinking we would see lots of craters and that would tell us something about how long ago charon creed. that would tell us something about that giant impact. the fact we don't see the craters makes that difficult to do. but
and the new horizons team and the johns hopkins, household names. show the world how much you appreciate that and what they have done this week with as nice and as loud as you can round of applause for their accomplishments. [ applause ] >> okay. now let's get to the questions. if you can raise your hand high, we have a full house. i want to make sure i can get as many as i can and see you clearly. let's start with here and wait for the mic and give you name and affiliation please....
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and this tuesday, after nine and a half years and more than 3 billion miles, new horizons will finallyet, pluto, the mysterious dwarf planet. >> we are really making history. and you don't get to do that very often. >> reporter: alan stern, the mission's principal investigator calls it the mount everest of planetary exploration. >> new horizons is the last train to clarksville, it's the last picture show. and in the rest of our lives, i don't expect that we will see another mission to big real estate that has not yet been explored. >> reporter: a few months ago, new horizon photos showed pluto as a fuzzy blob. now they show inexplicable splotches of color, which excited scientists are already giving nick names-- this one is the whale. and this they say shows that pluto has a big heart. it will take four and a half hours for tuesday's photographs traveling at the speed of light to reach mission control at the johns hopkins applied physics lab in maryland, so we won't see them until wednesday. for stern, the wait is excruciating. but he says it will be worth it because new horizons will
and this tuesday, after nine and a half years and more than 3 billion miles, new horizons will finallyet, pluto, the mysterious dwarf planet. >> we are really making history. and you don't get to do that very often. >> reporter: alan stern, the mission's principal investigator calls it the mount everest of planetary exploration. >> new horizons is the last train to clarksville, it's the last picture show. and in the rest of our lives, i don't expect that we will see another...
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new horizons is this side of the piano and fitted with highly sensitive cameras.egion called cooperbelt another first for a spacecraft it will take photos that are only 1400 miles wide about half the length of the united states. >> they have really got a thread a cosmic needle. when it gets to pluto to make science work it has to fly through a imagery box about 60 miles, 90 miles on the side and hit that within 100 seconds. >> reporter: since it lawn inched 2006, the the new horizons has traveled nearly 1 million miles every day to put that distance in perspective imagine the sunnies the the size of the quarter, place on the goal line of the football field. earth would be 3 yards away. pluto would stretch 18-yard beyond the far goal line. >>> all we knew it was a point of light and blurry, from the space telescope. >> reporter: tom has been with nasa since 1965. >> there is nothing like seeing this activity, a brand new object right in front of you have eyes, and it it was shrouded in a big cloud of mystery before. >> reporter: new horizons, seven instruments, wil
new horizons is this side of the piano and fitted with highly sensitive cameras.egion called cooperbelt another first for a spacecraft it will take photos that are only 1400 miles wide about half the length of the united states. >> they have really got a thread a cosmic needle. when it gets to pluto to make science work it has to fly through a imagery box about 60 miles, 90 miles on the side and hit that within 100 seconds. >> reporter: since it lawn inched 2006, the the new...
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new horizons scanning away. doesn't realize it just made history. >> reporter: tuesday it arrived within 7800 miles of pluto's surface. >> that's pretty dog gone close when you figure we're billion miles and 9 plus years away. >> reporter: the photo revealed a surprisingly spotted surface and a heart shaped image that could be a crater. the celestial glamor shot has our planet talking. >> it's amazing something that far away, we can send something to and explore. >> reporter: it's just the start of a steady stream of data that will be beamed back to earth. the place many dreamed could never be reached closer than ever. >>> well, search crews in washington state say they've located wreckage of a small plane crash and it's in the area where a 16-year-old crash survivor emerged from the woods on monday. it went down saturday on a flight in montana. the survivor, 16-year-old autumn has been released from the hospital and she says the plane's two other occupants, her step grandparents, did not survive. >>> and outsid
new horizons scanning away. doesn't realize it just made history. >> reporter: tuesday it arrived within 7800 miles of pluto's surface. >> that's pretty dog gone close when you figure we're billion miles and 9 plus years away. >> reporter: the photo revealed a surprisingly spotted surface and a heart shaped image that could be a crater. the celestial glamor shot has our planet talking. >> it's amazing something that far away, we can send something to and explore....
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-- as the new horizons spacecraft reestablishes contact.signal came after new horizons took pictures and collected measurements. the first batch of data will arrive on earth later today. we have had further evidence that the china's desk that the china economy has been stabilizing. the gdp for the second quarter was higher. the estimates worth 6.8%. greece is desk rhesus parliament will vote today -- greece's parliament will vote today. members of prime minister alexis tsipras is party -- incomes as the international monetary fund 's that is far deeper than -- mr. tsipras spoke on prime time tv yesterday. he had only agreed to the deal with a knife to his neck. >> let me tell you the truth and allow me not to paint a beautiful picture. the night before the devious one was a bad night for europe. it is not a night that shall be remembered in the future. the result of the euro summit and the result of the eurogroup was the result coming up -- coming from pressure put on a country and people. we remain to go toward the wishes of the most power
-- as the new horizons spacecraft reestablishes contact.signal came after new horizons took pictures and collected measurements. the first batch of data will arrive on earth later today. we have had further evidence that the china's desk that the china economy has been stabilizing. the gdp for the second quarter was higher. the estimates worth 6.8%. greece is desk rhesus parliament will vote today -- greece's parliament will vote today. members of prime minister alexis tsipras is party --...
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nasa's new horizon spacecraft sailed past the planet yesterday. >> three two one! >> the probe was watched by scientists at the johns hopkins university. >> fasten your seatbelts. new horizon arrived at the pluto system. >> reporter: the fly-by ended at the kyper belt. >> yesterday america's space program took another historic leap for humankind. today it's bringing what was a blurred point of light into focus. >> pluto is the last major unexplored body in the solar system. >> we discovered it's larger than we anticipated. we now have good measurements of its diameter and its radius. it's radius is 1185-kilometers plus or minus 10. that settles the debate. >> new horizon spent more than eight hours looking back at pluto. sending back images took another four and a half hours. once considered an icy dead world, the images show that it contains mountains and water. >> it means the bedrock that must have h20. >> plow toe is demoted to the status of a dwarf planet after the discovery of other worlds. they are believed to be remnants from the formation of the solar syst
nasa's new horizon spacecraft sailed past the planet yesterday. >> three two one! >> the probe was watched by scientists at the johns hopkins university. >> fasten your seatbelts. new horizon arrived at the pluto system. >> reporter: the fly-by ended at the kyper belt. >> yesterday america's space program took another historic leap for humankind. today it's bringing what was a blurred point of light into focus. >> pluto is the last major unexplored body in...
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a cheer as the new horizons spacecraft swept past pluto.ifetime. >> reporter: hours later with a flourish of drama the mission team showed off the latest image of the dwarf planet. at 7:49 eastern time the spacecraft flew within 7,800 miles of pluto's orbit. it had traveled nearly 3 billion miles to get to this point, the fastest spacecraft to launch. >> i have to pinch myself. look at what we've accomplished. it's truly amazing that humankind can go out and explore these worlds. >> reporter: the official confirmation came tuesday evening when the piano-sized spacecraft sent a message back to earth. >> we did it. >> reporter: science has already described the moon as watering. with this fly-by the united states is the only nation to visit every planet in the solar system. marlie hall, cbs news new york. >>> and late show host stephen colbert is tracking the new horizons developments. he debated pluto's demotion from plan its to dwarf planet with tyson. >> it looks like planet and even has a heart unlike you who will give it no love it's not
a cheer as the new horizons spacecraft swept past pluto.ifetime. >> reporter: hours later with a flourish of drama the mission team showed off the latest image of the dwarf planet. at 7:49 eastern time the spacecraft flew within 7,800 miles of pluto's orbit. it had traveled nearly 3 billion miles to get to this point, the fastest spacecraft to launch. >> i have to pinch myself. look at what we've accomplished. it's truly amazing that humankind can go out and explore these worlds....
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. >> nasa's new horizon spacecraft has made the closest visit ever to pluto. >> about the size of a grand piano, the probe was launched in 2006. it has taken over nine years and a journey of more than 5 billion kilometers to reach its goal, the with dwarf planet pluto. >> it was a real opportunity to test the equipment with the cameras. we have really nice images from jupiter. this will show 50 meters inside on the surface of were you toe. which is complete unprecedence. whatever this will show it will be an amazing discovery. >> traveling at 1,000 kilometers a minute, the equipment has sent back surprising images. instead of being gray as previously thought, were you toe appears to have a red and orange surface. >> we have seen these crazy black and white patterns. we have no idea what those mean. we've seen circular things, are they craters or are they something else? so we should know in a few days. but right now we're having an awful lot of fun just speculating. >> after flying past were you toe, new horizons will continue its journey in a region known as the cypa belt. >> the materia
. >> nasa's new horizon spacecraft has made the closest visit ever to pluto. >> about the size of a grand piano, the probe was launched in 2006. it has taken over nine years and a journey of more than 5 billion kilometers to reach its goal, the with dwarf planet pluto. >> it was a real opportunity to test the equipment with the cameras. we have really nice images from jupiter. this will show 50 meters inside on the surface of were you toe. which is complete unprecedence....
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nasa's new horizon spacecraft phones home to confirm the successful fly-by of pluto. >>> now to new developments in the bizarre kidnapping for ransom case in vallejo. according to the san francisco chronicle, fbi agents found at least four drones and a remote- controlled surveillance camera in a storage unit linked to the suspect. the fbi announced on monday they believe he was involved in kidnapping denise huskins from her boyfriend's home in march. huskins's attorney demanded an apology from police who called it a hoax. they say all investigators are still on the case. >> the same investigators who initially thought this was a hoax? >> tall of the investigations who are working from the start are still working in conjunction with the fbi. >> any plans to re's rhine shell -- reassign them? >> no, not at this time. >> the fbi has told vallejo police not to comment any further since the kidnapping is an ongoing investigation. mueller is in jail in dublin. he's not been charged in the kidnapping case. we're hearing from the family of huskins's boyfriend, aaron quinn. quinn's family is relieved he'
nasa's new horizon spacecraft phones home to confirm the successful fly-by of pluto. >>> now to new developments in the bizarre kidnapping for ransom case in vallejo. according to the san francisco chronicle, fbi agents found at least four drones and a remote- controlled surveillance camera in a storage unit linked to the suspect. the fbi announced on monday they believe he was involved in kidnapping denise huskins from her boyfriend's home in march. huskins's attorney demanded an...
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s new horizon spacecraft is about to get the money shot. it'sate hours away -- it'sate hours away flying by pluto. it will complete a mission to photograph every planet in the solar system. we speak with the space commander tomorrow. >>> the white house hosted a sixth conference on ageing it happens once a decade, as patty culhane reports, one of the biggest issues is practically ignored. >> reporter: talk to anyone on the college campus about the state retirement fund in the united states, you'll hear this. >> i think it's a failing system. i think growing up that's what they told us that we weren't going to get social security by the time we retire. >> reporter: there's a good reason for the pessimism, government programs to help the elderly are running out of money. social security - that will run out of money in 2033, and medicare a programme providing health insurance for the elderly will run out of cash in 2030. president obama convened a once in a decade conference on age of course, he said the programs were not in crisis. >> we have
s new horizon spacecraft is about to get the money shot. it'sate hours away -- it'sate hours away flying by pluto. it will complete a mission to photograph every planet in the solar system. we speak with the space commander tomorrow. >>> the white house hosted a sixth conference on ageing it happens once a decade, as patty culhane reports, one of the biggest issues is practically ignored. >> reporter: talk to anyone on the college campus about the state retirement fund in the...