Spacecraft nears Pluto in historic mission
1,614 views · Published 9 July 2015 · 2:23 · Indexed 20 September 2026
Channel: CBS Evening News · 2015 · News & Politics
After being launched in 2006 -- and traveling more than 3 billion miles -- the New Horizons spacecraft is nearing Pluto with the goal of capturing close-up images of the dwarf planet. As CBS News correspondent Chip Reid explains, it could be the last great space exploration mission of our time.
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