Journey to Pluto: 9.5 years, one amazing flyby

Monday, July 13, 2015 - 02:30 in Astronomy & Space

We are SO CLOSE! After a journey of 9.5 years across 3 billion miles of space, NASA's New Horizons spacecraft is about to give humanity its first detailed look at Pluto and its large moon Charon. At approximately 4:49 a.m. Pacific time on Tuesday, the spacecraft will fly within 7,800 miles of Pluto's...

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