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New Horizons Pluto FlyBy Featured in Google Doodle

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Today is the big day for NASA's New Horizons spacecraft. In about 6 hours New Horizons will flyby Pluto delivering close-up photos of Pluto never seen before. This NASA spacecraft has been traveling...

Pluto is Larger Than Believed

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NASA has new information from New Horizons as it approaches Pluto. The closest distance will be reached tomorrow on July 14. Today NASA can reveal the size of Pluto and its larger than thought. New...

New Horizons is Less than One Million Miles Away from Pluto

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NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft is only one day away from the historic July 14 Pluto flyby. The spacecraft is continuing to transmit photos of Pluto's surface as it approaches. Each series of photos...

New Pluto Images of New Horizons Show Mountains

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Planet Pluto comes into focus for the first time in human history. New Horizons' latest images reveal an intriguing new world with distinct surface features, including an immense dark band known as...

Pluto is in Love Showing a Giant Heart

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Summary for the busy GeekPlanet Pluto loves us earthlings and shows a giant heart on the surface. NASA has released a new image sent by the New Horizons that is the closest yet. It was taken after...

NASA Probe Sets Out for Pluto

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It hasn't happened yet, but any minute, a small probe will land on Pluto. This probe, which has travelled over 3.6 billion miles, will give us breathtaking views of the smallest planet that we have...

NASA Glad but Disappointed that No Obstacle in the Way of New Horizons

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NASA has announced that the New Horizons spacecraft got a final "all clear" as it speeds towards Pluto in its historic fly by mission on July 14. NASA has made the final adjustments of the New...

New Horizons Accelerates as Spacecraft Closes in on Pluto

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NASA released another update on the exciting New Horizons Pluto mission. With just two weeks to go before its historic July 14 fly by of Pluto, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft used the the accelerator...