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Telescopes and space missions

Pathway to Pluto

13 Feb 2019
Taken from the February 2019 issue of Physics World.

Louisa Preston reviews Chasing New Horizons: Inside the Epic First Mission to Pluto by Alan Stern and David Grinspoon

Pluto
A day in the life: In July 2015 the cameras on NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft captured Pluto rotating over the course of a full “Pluto day”. (Courtesy: NASA/JHUAPL/SwRI)
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