...that the spacecraft New Horizons will reach Pluto on July 14th, 2015? It was launched on January 19, 2006 and its mission includes the study of Pluto, its 3 moons and a group of bodies found beyond Pluto known as Kuiper Belt Objects. It received a Jupiter gravity assist which increased its speed to an incredible 16.6 km/s (kilometers per second)!
After studying Puto, the New Horizons will study some Kuiper Belt Objects between 2016 and 2020. It will leave the solar system on 2029.
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