New Horizons – Spacecraft to Pluto

David Davies

I’m sure you will remember David’s excellent talk on Apollo 13 from last year. He has a new talk looking at the New Horizon’s mission to Pluto from the story of it’s development, launch and arrival at Pluto. Until relatively recently New Horizons was the fastest man-made object (36,350 mph), now easily superseded by the Parker Solar probe as it continues to wind-up around the Sun (430,000 mph).

Most of the society will all know David, an approachable and  extremely knowledgeable astro imager who is always very willing to help fellow members advance their knowledge of astronomy. 

And after the break

Please remember that the meeting slot after the tea break is vacant awaiting volunteers . If you would like to fill this slot with a talk, an image expo, a fun quiz or anything astronomy related please get in touch. There is no regular speaker for this slot and without volunteers there will not be a second session.

£2 for Members and £3 for Guests.

This meeting will be held at Standalone Farm and will also be available over Zoom to Members. Please purchase your tickets in advance via MemberMojo to receive the Zoom link.

Guests can attend two physical meetings in the year before having to pay membership.