NASA prepares to wake New Horizons ahead of historic Pluto flyby

In what must be history’s longest distance wake up call, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft comes out of hibernation on December 6 at 3:00 pm EST. Now about 2.9 billion miles (4.6 billion km) from Earth, and 162 million miles (260 million km) from Pluto, the spacecraft will be put through a month-long preparation for its six month flyby of Pluto, with the primary phase of the mission slated to begin on January 15... Continue Reading NASA prepares to wake New Horizons ahead of historic Pluto flyby



Section: Space



Tags: NASA, New Horizons, Pluto, Solar System, Spacecraft, Unmanned



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