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NASA’s Achievement: Get closer to Pluto

July 14, 2015 Article

NASA achieved a milestone by reaching the closest point to the small planet (Pluto) after 9 years.

New Horizons spacecraft made its closest approach to Pluto Tuesday, about 7,750 miles above the surface — roughly the same distance from New York to Mumbai, India – making it the first-ever space mission to explore a world so far from Earth.

Pluto nearly fills the frame in this image from the Long Range Reconnaissance Imager (LORRI) aboard NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft, taken on July 13, 2015 when the spacecraft was 476,000 miles (768,000 kilometers) from the surface. This is the last and most detailed image sent to Earth before the spacecraft’s closest approach to Pluto on July 14.

Originally Posted by: NASA

Credits: NASA/APL/SwRI

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