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Be Part of the First Mission to Pluto with the Free Interactive ‘Pluto Safari’ App
A view of Pluto Safari on an iPhone. Image via Simulation Curriculum.
If you’re like us, you’ve been following the news closely as the New Horizons mission speeds towards Pluto. Want to follow it even closer? Check out the free Pluto Safari app now available from the developers that brought us the award winning astronomy app ‘SkySafari 4.’ It is available in both iOS and Android.
The fully interactive Pluto Safari provides a countdown in time and distance for when New Horizons will reach Pluto on July 14, 2015. It will also give you the latest position of New Horizons and Pluto, providing 3-D views of the Solar System and the Pluto system, as well as 3-D models of the spacecraft. By using the Time Controls, you can run through the mission, backwards or forwards, to see the mission step-by-step. Just so you don’t get lost in time and space, the status bar always displays the current date, time and location.
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Source: http://www.universetoday.com/120555/be-part-of-the-first-mission-to-pluto-with-the-free-interactive-pluto-safari-app/
