Five years ago today, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft made history! After a voyage of nearly 10 years and more than 3 billion miles, the intrepid piano-sized probe flew within 7,800 miles of Pluto.
Here are 10 cool things we learned since the #plutoflyby.
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Happy #Plutoflyby anniversary! 🌑💛
#OTD in 2015, members of the New Horizons science team react to seeing the spacecraft's last and sharpest image of Pluto before closest approach later in the day at JHU Applied Physics Laboratory (APL).
Today marks the 5th anniversary of the historic flyby.
...(📸: NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Learn more about this historic mission: https://go.nasa.gov/2FaQ6X6
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