Pluto probe survives encounter, phones home

Tuesday, July 14, 2015 - 20:50 in Astronomy & Space

LAUREL, Md. (Reuters) - A U.S. spacecraft sailed past the tiny planet Pluto in the distant reaches of the solar system on Tuesday, capping a journey of 3 billion miles (4.88 billion km) that began nine and a half years ago.

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