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  Distant Pluto In The Spotlight

  July 14, 2015 at 9:33 AM / SCIENCE, VIDEO

  NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft cruises past Pluto, following a journey of more than nine years and 3 billion miles, revealing a ”complex and interesting world.” Rough Cut (no reporter narration). 9:31am EDT – 01:07(Reuters)

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  Ready For Its Close-Up: First Spacecraft To Explore Pluto

  July 14, 2015 at 1:55 AM / INTERNATIONAL NEWS, NASA, SCIENCE, U.S. NEWS

  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft was expected to get up-close and personal with Pluto on Tuesday, on track to zoom within 7,800 miles of the small icy world left unexplored until now. It’s the final destination on […]

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  Little Pluto Bigger Than Scientists Thought As Flyby Looms

  July 13, 2015 at 7:35 PM / INTERNATIONAL NEWS, NASA, SCIENCE, U.S. NEWS

  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Little Pluto is a little bigger than anyone imagined. On the eve of NASA’s historic flyby of Pluto, scientists announced Monday the New Horizons spacecraft has nailed the size of the faraway icy world. Measurements by […]

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  NASA Spacecraft Almost To Pluto: Smile For The Camera!

  January 23, 2015 at 9:59 AM / NASA, SCIENCE

  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — It’s showtime for Pluto. NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft has traveled 3 billion miles and is nearing the end of its nine-year journey to Pluto. Sunday, it begins photographing the mysterious, unexplored, icy world once deemed a […]