Jul 142015
New Horizons has gone past Pluto. Before closest approach, it radioed home one last photo; it then went into “can’t talk now, busy sciencing” mode for several hours, where the onboard computer went into full-time data gathering and recording mode. Won’t hear from it again until 8:34 PM eastern time, at which time a “ping” should be heard if the craft survived.
So, this *might* be the very last photo of Pluto… or it might be the last photo before the Really Good Photos start pouring in early tomorrow.
