New Horizons Crosses Neptune Orbit On Route To First Pluto Flyby
Laurel MD (SPX) Aug 26, 2014 - NASA's Pluto-bound New Horizons spacecraft has traversed the orbit of Neptune. This is its last major crossing en route to becoming the first probe to make a close encounter with distant Pluto on July 14, 2015. The sophisticated piano-sized spacecraft, which launched in January 2006, reached Neptune's orbit - nearly 2.75 billion miles from Earth - in a record eight years and eight months ... more
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