NASA’s New Horizons Spacecraft Begins First Stages of Pluto Encounter

NASA’s New Horizons Spacecraft Begins First Stages of Pluto Encounter:

NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft recently began its long-awaited, historic encounter with Pluto. The spacecraft is entering the first of several approach phases that culminate July 14 with the first close-up flyby of the dwarf planet, 4.67 billion miles (7.5 billion kilometers) from Earth.

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January 15, 2015 at 10:37PM