NASA’s New Horizons Spacecraft: Getting to Pluto

In NASA’a second televised briefings on Tuesday, April 14, plans and upcoming activities about the agency’s mission to Pluto that will make the first-ever close flyby of the dwarf planet on July 14 were briefed. Briefers described the mission’s goals and context, scientific objectives and encounter plans – including what images can be expected and when. New Horizons already has covered more than 3 billion miles since it launched on Jan. 19, 2006. The spacecraft will pass Pluto at a speed of 31,000 mph ta