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New Horizons Heads Off To Pluto

By Keith Cowing
NASA Watch
February 28, 2007

Pluto-Bound New Horizons Spacecraft Gets a Boost from Jupiter

“NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft successfully completed a flyby of Jupiter early this morning, using the massive planet’s gravity to pick up speed on its 3-billion mile voyage to Pluto and the unexplored Kuiper Belt region beyond.”

NASA New Horizons image: Europa
NASA New Horizons image: Ganymede
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Trajectory Map: NASA’s New Horizons Is On Its Way To Pluto

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