Pluto Gives Up Some Secrets Before New Horizons Flyby

Credit: NASA/APL/SWRI
LAUREL, Maryland – The New Horizons Pluto probe delivered one last image of the dwarf planet’s sunlit side late Monday before switching off its radios for a day-long swing that will take it within 7,750 mi. of the surface at more than 30,000 mph. Mission managers settled in to wait for a brief...

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