NASA's Pluto Probe New Horizons Begins 5-Month Nap

Wednesday, April 12, 2017 - 06:11 in Astronomy & Space

New Horizons, which performed the first-ever flyby of Pluto on July 14, 2015, entered hibernation Monday afternoon (April 10) for the first time in nearly 2.5 years, mission team members said.

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