New Horizons Wakes Up on Pluto's Doorstep

Sunday, December 7, 2014 - 13:30 in Astronomy & Space

After a voyage of nearly nine years and three billion miles —the farthest any space mission has ever traveled to reach its primary target – NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft came out of hibernation on Dec. 6th for its long-awaited 2015 encounter with the Pluto system.

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