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The last few days of Pluto announcements have been amazing
2015-07-22 21:59:27| Extremetech
NASA has released a ton of information about Pluto in the past few days. Here's a quick overview of the most essential points and pictures.
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Qorvo components played critical role in Pluto exploration flight
2015-07-22 21:46:43| Semiconductors - Topix.net
Qorvo , the company formed from the merger between Greensboro-based RF Micro Devices Inc. and Hillsboro, Ore.-based TriQuint Semiconductor Inc., supplied components on the New Horizons spacecraft that recently flew past Pluto after traveling 3 billion miles since its launch in 2006. Roger Hall, general manager of defense and space products at Qorvo , said that components from both RF Micro and TriQuint supported the spacecraft's communication system.
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Corning Helps Make Pluto Pictures Possible
2015-07-20 21:00:24| Electronics - Topix.net
Corning Incorporated products are found all over the world, and now other ones as well. NASA's New Horizons mission to Pluto is flying with products made at Corning's New Hamphsire plant.
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Pluto Pix Push Interest in Space Exploration
2015-07-17 19:06:05| TechNewsWorld
Photos transmitted from 4 billion miles away by NASA's New Horizons Pluto space probe have sparked fresh interest in space exploration. New Horizons traveled more than 3 billion miles over a nine-and-a-half year stretch to reach the Pluto system. A close-up image of a region near Pluto's equator shows mountains reaching 11,000 feet in height. The lack of craters suggests they're relatively new.
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DUNMORE MLI Films and Polyimide Tapes Protect New Horizons on its Long, Cold Journey to Pluto
2015-07-16 12:31:12| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
DUNMORE Corporation's thermal protection materials keep Pluto-bound New Horizons spacecraft warm for historic flyby. Bristol, PA - In January 2006, a medium-sized spacecraft named New Horizons was headed for just that, to become the first principal investigator of the ex-planet turned ice-dwarf Pluto and its moons...