NASA’s New Horizons mission to distant Pluto and the Kuiper Belt can be followed on iPhone and iPad.
Now available in the iTunes App Store: “New Horizons: A NASA Voyage to Pluto.”
This app brings users the latest news and pictures from the mission, as well as details on the spacecraft and science instruments, and offers access to educational programs and activities.
The app includes a locator for following New Horizons along its path toward Pluto, and a countdown clock to check exactly how much time remains – down to the second – before New Horizons sails past the dwarf planet and four moons on July 14, 2015.
Another tool connects users to the “Ice Hunters” program to find potential New Horizons flyby targets in the Kuiper Belt beyond Pluto.
The app was produced by programmers at Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Md.
APL built and operates the New Horizons spacecraft and manages the mission for NASA. New Horizons was launched on January 19, 2006.
Find New Horizons in the iTunes App Store by going to:
http://www.apple.com/itunes/affiliates/download/
Also, go to:
http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/epoapps/
By Leonard David