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New Horizons Passes Pluto in Epic 3 Billion Mile Journey
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14.07.2015
Celebration broke out as the New Horizons spacecraft swept within 7,700 miles of Pluto at 31,000 mph. New Horizon's planetary tour is a half century in the making, and it finally reached the last stop of the solar system. The moment of closest approach for the New Horizons spacecraft came around 7:49 a.m. eastern time on Tuesday, culminating an epic journey from planet Earth that spanned an incredible 3 billion miles and 9½ years. Based on everything NASA knows, New Horizons was pretty much straight on course for the historic encounter, sweeping within 7,700 miles of Pluto at 31,000 mph.
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