After a voyage of nearly nine years and three billion miles--the farthest any space mission has ever traveled to reach its primary target--NASA's New Horizons spacecraft came out of hibernation on Dec. 6 for its long-awaited 2015 encounter with the Pluto system.
On Pluto's doorstep, NASA's New Horizons spacecraft awakens for encounter
Phys.org - 8 Dec 2014 18:47
After a voyage of nearly nine years and three billion miles--the farthest any space mission has ever traveled to reach its primary target--NASA's New Horizons spacecraft came out of hibernation on Dec. 6 for its long-awaited 2015 encounter with the Pluto system.
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