Pluto is cold and dark, a distant and mysterious place. For generations after its 1930 discovery, the best Pluto pictures showed just a blurry blob of light. What's going on way, way out there, almost 3 billion miles from Earth? In July 2015 a small spacecraft was set to reveal Pluto to the world. After a journey of nine and a half years, New Horizons was arriving at Pluto.
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A long-awaited encounter -- Plutonian dreams -- Built to go the distance -- Sprinting across the solar system -- Up close and personal -- Meet the neighbors.