Saturday, December 03, 2011

New Horizons Becomes Closest Spacecraft to Approach Pluto

Source - NASA Science News for Dec. 3, 2011

NASA's New Horizons mission has reached a special milestone on its way to reconnoiter the Pluto system, coming closer to the dwarf planet than any other spacecraft.

FULL STORY at http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2011/03dec_newhorizons/

See also the related video, Dwarf Planet Mysteries Beckon to New Horizons: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtcIbJKZZQQ





"Dwarf planet Pluto is a world of mystery waiting to be visited for the first time. NASA's New Horizons probe is racing across the solar system for a ground breaking close encounter that could dramatically alter what researchers "know" about Pluto and other small worlds."

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