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Author	Topic: New Horizons Pluto-Kuiper Belt mission patch
Philip Member Posts: 5952 From: Brussels, Belgium Registered: Jan 2001	posted 07-13-2015 01:14 PM Special patch for the New Horizons flyby of Pluto?
Robert Pearlman Editor Posts: 42984 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999	posted 07-13-2015 02:05 PM 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 Member Posts: 100 From: Registered: Mar 2015	posted 07-15-2015 06:30 AM 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 Editor Posts: 42984 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999	posted 07-15-2015 11:15 AM 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 Editor Posts: 42984 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999	posted 02-01-2018 11:42 PM From NASA New Horizons on Twitter: Check out the new graphic for our Kuiper Belt extended mission!

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