English: An Atlas V 551 (AV-10) Rocket with the New Horizons Spacecraft is on launch pad 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Station. The Blue Sky and the Atlantic Ocean is seen in the Background. Original caption: "
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. – With the backdrop of blue sky and blue water of the Atlantic Ocean, the Atlas V expendable launch vehicle with the New Horizons spacecraft (center) is nearly ready for launch. Surrounding the rocket are lightning masts that support the catenary wire used to provide lightning protection. The liftoff is scheduled for 1:24 p.m. EST Jan. 17. After its launch aboard the Atlas V, the compact, 1,050-pound piano-sized probe will get a boost from a kick-stage solid propellant motor for its journey to Pluto. New Horizons will be the fastest spacecraft ever launched, reaching lunar orbit distance in just nine hours and passing Jupiter 13 months later. The New Horizons science payload, developed under direction of Southwest Research Institute, includes imaging infrared and ultraviolet spectrometers, a multi-color camera, a long-range telescopic camera, two particle spectrometers, a space-dust detector and a radio science experiment. The dust counter was designed and built by students at the University of Colorado, Boulder. A launch before Feb. 3 allows New Horizons to fly past Jupiter in early 2007 and use the planet’s gravity as a slingshot toward Pluto. The Jupiter flyby trims the trip to Pluto by as many as five years and provides opportunities to test the spacecraft’s instruments and flyby capabilities on the Jupiter system. New Horizons could reach the Pluto system as early as mid-2015, conducting a five-month-long study possible only from the close-up vantage of a spacecraft.
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Deutsch: Eine Atlas V 551 Rakete (AV-10) mit der Raumsonde New Horizons auf der Startrampe 41 in Cape Canaveral. Der Blaue Himmel und der Atlantische Ozean ist im Hintergrund zu sehen.
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{{english}} An Atlas V 551 (AV-10) Rocket with the New Horizons Spacecraft is on lauch pad 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Station. The Blue Sky and the Atlantic Ocean is seen in the Background. {{deutsch}} Eine Atlas V 551 Rakete (AV-10) mit der Raumsonde Ne
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