The spacecraft New Horizon has reached Pluto after nearly nine years in space. – Aftonbladet

The spacecraft New Horizon has reached Pluto after nearly nine years in space.

The night is expected to send the first historical signals from the dwarf planet 4.8 billion kilometers away.

02.30 initiated NASA’s broadcasting Aftonbladet show above.

Already reached New Horizon, very likely, to Pluto, and researchers at NASA cheered. But a certain tension appeared also as confirmation that the New Horizon actually arrived is expected only in the night, half past two.

After visiting all the other planets of the solar system over the past 50 years, the NASA craft first thing that made it all the way out to Pluto.

– This is a hallmark in human history. It has been an incredible journey, said John Grunsfeld, research director of the New Horizon project going, reports AP.

The trip started already for nine and a half years ago. When Pluto was considered to still be a full-fledged planet while today described as a dwarf planet.

On Wednesday, the high resolution images of Pluto taken by New Horizon published by NASA. After passing dwarf planet, space probe to continue into the Kuiper belt.

Have special cargo

Dwarf planet Pluto was discovered by astronomer Clyde Tombaugh in Lowellobservatoriet in Arizona in 1930. Until 2006 considered Pluto a plane, the outermost of our solar system. But nowadays scientists use more frequently the term dwarf planet.

The name change has raised some debate.

According to Wikipedia, the state of New Mexico, where Tombaugh lived, passed a law that Pluto should be called a plane.

In honor of Pluto’s upptäcktsman, NASA placed a special cargo on board the spacecraft. Inside New Horizons is a small amount of Tombaughs ash.