NASA Probe Makes Record-Setting Engine Burn On Path to Pluto

Thursday, March 12, 2015 - 07:00 in Astronomy & Space

New Horizons, which will zoom through the Pluto system on July 14, fired its engines for 93 seconds on Tuesday (March 10), when it was about 3 billion miles from Earth — the most distant engine burn ever, mission officials said.

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