skytracker

Pardon me for my impatience, but this is all so exciting! The question on the top of my list is, of course, when will we be able to see the first better-than-Hubble imagery of Pluto? I understand that, because of bandwidth considerations, data will take weeks and months to download, so when should we expect the “best” photos from the close encounter to be relased?

Will you be able to get a complete surface map of the planet, or are there parts that won't be visible because of the trajectory?

I understand that the spacecraft getting hit by (micro-)meteoroids during the encounter was a concern earlier in this mission. How big is the risk considered to be now? What countermeasures, if any, is the team taking?

Silliest bug you've encountered?

Colonel Chris Hadfield, who was Commander of Expedition 35, described the Internet connection as “dial-up era slow”.