NASA is almost in Pluto and you can track everything from one app

NASA launched a satellite in 2006 to closely analyze Pluto. Now, nine years later, the equipment is almost at its destination. Best of all, you'll be able to follow everything closely with an app launched by the US space agency.

This is the first time a satellite will investigate one of the last celestial objects in our solar system. And finally, let's find out what the little star really looks like. In fact, New Horizons has already discovered that it is not blue, as we imagined, but brown, according to a picture taken on July 8th.

You can follow too

With the Eyes on the Solar System application developed by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) and available for Windows and Mac, you will be able to contemplate various information about the satellite's arrival at Pluto.

You can follow in real time what News Horizons must be seeing, how it is being operated to get to Pluto and what it is capturing and storing on top of the star. Remember that this is just a simulation, as it is not yet possible to live stream the confines of the solar system.

For the first time, a detailed mapping

In a few hours, the satellite should be as close as possible to the small celestial body (12, 500 kilometers from the surface). As such, NASA will be able to map out Pluto for the first time in history.

It is good to remember that the special agency is already recording several images about him and his moon, spreading all the content on its own site. It is worth checking through this link. Is that you? Do you think Pluto deserves to be elevated to planet status again?

Via TecMundo.