Nerve-wracking flyby of Pluto: New Horizons probe begins complicated dance

Monday, July 13, 2015 - 15:10 in Astronomy & Space

The moment is finally here: after a decade of travel, the New Horizons probe is about to encounter Pluto. Flying faster than a speeding bullet -- literally -- the probe has to perform complex maneuvers, and go completely silent before scientists on Earth will hear anything, an astronomer says.

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