New Horizons probe getting an early workout at Jupiter
NASA's New Horizons Pluto probe is on a shakedown tour of the Jupiter system as it uses the gas giant's gravity to pick up 9,000 mph in speed and hasten the final leg of its journey. The probe will coast to within 1.4 million kilometers of Jupiter on Feb. 28, and it has already started a series of...
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