New Horizons probe to Pluto flew – RBC

Icy mountains and Mordor shown earthlings. New images of Pluto and its satellites transmit to earth, NASA space probe New Horizons. Here is visible mountain range, up to 3 and a half thousand meters above the icy surface of the dwarf planet. Scientists suggest that they are not more than 100 million years – by the standards of the solar system, is the youngest surface. Rocks still continue to emerge. And one more sensational pictures – Here is the Charon – the second component of a binary planetary system, which includes Pluto. The mysterious dark spot at the North Pole satellite experts dubbed Mordor. Principal Investigator Alan Stern said the mission – New Horizons mission proved that the system of Pluto is something extraordinary. Details of historical research – in the material Artem Shanurova. Read more …