Lesson 1

A Mission to Pluto

The NYT VR Video

Seeking Pluto's Frigid Heart (8 min.)

A Mission to Pluto

On July 14, 2016, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft zipped

past Pluto and its moons, scanning the dwarf planet in

unprecedented detail. Before this moment, the best images

of Pluto were only a few fuzzy pixels wide.

In this virtual reality video, students will travel on New

Horizons, gliding through space at a million miles a day.

They will fly over Pluto’s rugged surface and smooth places,

stand on icy mountains, and watch the moon Charon rise on

the horizon and touch down on a frost-rimmed crater

billions of years old.