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Pluto Fly-by: New video update, Alan Stern profile, Resources list, & Infographic

June 30, 2015 TopSpacer

The New Horizons probe will pass by Pluto 14 days from now. Closest approach will happen on July 14 at 11:49:57 UTC. Here is a video update released today:

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Here is an interesting article about Alan Stern, the New Horizons science principle investigator: How Alan Stern’s tenacity, drive, and command got a NASA spacecraft to Pluto – Science/AAAS

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Emily Lakdawalla provides lots of info, links and time line on the fly-by: What to expect when you’re expecting a flyby: Planning your July around New Horizons’ Pluto Pictures – The Planetary Society

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Here is an infographic sent to me about Pluto:

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Via: http://www.exceedinternet.org/pluto-new-horizons-satellite

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