New Horizons space probe as it approaches Pluto in 2015

Illustration of the New Horizons spacecraft as it approaches Pluto and its largest moon, Charon, in 2015.

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Illustration of the New Horizons spacecraft as it approaches Pluto and its largest moon, Charon, in 2015.
Type: Illustration
Image Date: 2007
Credit: Courtesy of NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute
Origin: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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Illustration of the New Horizons spacecraft as it approaches Pluto and its largest moon, Charon, in 2015.