New Horizons in 'great shape' for Pluto flyby

The best image yet of Charon. The presence of the dark pole is a major surprise Engineers say the New Horizons spacecraft is in "great shape" for its historic flyby of Pluto this week. In the early hours of Monday (GMT), the American space agency probe moved to within a million miles of the dwarf planet and was closing in rapidly. The mission has one opportunity to gather detailed pictures and oth

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“Engineers say the New Horizons spacecraft is in "great shape" for its historic flyby of Pluto this week. In the early hours of Monday (GMT), the American space agency probe moved to within a million miles of the dwarf planet and was closing in rapidly.”