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Philip
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posted 07-13-2015 01:14 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Philip   Click Here to Email Philip     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Special patch for the New Horizons flyby of Pluto?

Robert Pearlman
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posted 07-13-2015 02:05 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Robert Pearlman   Click Here to Email Robert Pearlman     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Not a patch; just the team shirts with an embroidered design based on the mission insignia.

Here's a NASA-issued patch from 2006:

OV3Discovery
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The New Horizons mission logo has a nonagon around it. Does the nine-sided shape just symbolise how Pluto is the ninth main body from the sun, or is there another reason?

Robert Pearlman
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posted 07-15-2015 11:15 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Robert Pearlman   Click Here to Email Robert Pearlman     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
There are quite a few references to nine as part of the New Horizons mission.
  • First mission to ninth planet
  • Nine hours to pass the moon
  • Nine years to Pluto
  • Nine mementos onboard
  • Nine hours (round trip) communication time
  • Nine finger salute

Robert Pearlman
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From NASA New Horizons on Twitter:
Check out the new graphic for our Kuiper Belt extended mission!

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