NASA's Mission to Pluto - An Update

The New Horizons mission, NASA's unmanned probe to Pluto, is on track for its rendezvous with the former planet in 2015 (The IAU committed Plutocide^a in 2006). Here is a map of it's current position (and how it got there):

Here's a side on map, it's cool because Pluto moves out of the plane a bit and that has to be accounted for:

As you can see from the pictures above, the new horizons spacecraft is now:

12.60 AU from Earth
18.54 AU from Pluto
17.08 Km/s (velocity with respect to the Sun)

Here's all of that in units we are familiar with:

1.2 Billion Miles from Earth
1.7 Billion Miles from Pluto
38,207 MPH (Mach 50^b)(velocity with respect to the Sun)

Just figured I'd offer an update on this exciting NASA mission. Here is a link to their New Horizons website.

a. Term coined (at least on CR4) by Anonymous Hero (AH)
b. Technically this isn't correct because in space no one can hear you scream (link), but it was included just for fun.