NASA's Pluto New Horizons blasts off from Cape Canaveral
NASA's New Horizons mission became the first spacecraft ever launched to Pluto on Jan. 19, blasting off at approximately 2 p.m. Eastern time from Cape Canaveral, Fla., aboard an Atlas V rocket. Traveling 36,000 miles per hour at the time of spacecraft separation, the New Horizons mission marked the...
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