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This probe was launched 9 years ago, not decades. I think its speed is even more impressive :-) > New Horizons was launched on January 19, 2006, from Cape Cana
by jkot 11y ago
This probe was launched 9 years ago, not decades. I think its speed is even more impressive :-)
> New Horizons was launched on January 19, 2006, from Cape Canaveral, directly into an Earth-and-solar-escape trajectory
- 001spartan 11y agoI meant that more in the general sense, many of the probes that we have in space have been there for decades. You're right that it is very impressive to have gone so far in so little time!