Monday, 1 September 2014

New Horizons Crosses Neptune Orbit On Route To First Pluto Flyby

OUTER PLANETS
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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