Pluto & its largest moon Charon. Photo credit: NASA
After 9 years and 3 billion miles, New Horizons is now less than a million miles from Pluto. Tomorrow, the SUV-sized space probe will perform its Pluto flyby at 7800 miles from the surface of the former planet.
Amazing stuff.
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