Pluto-Charon-New-Horizons (IMAGE)

Southwest Research Institute

Pluto-Charon-New-Horizons

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NASA's New Horizons mission made the first exploration of Pluto-Charon and its system of small moons in 2015. The scientific discoveries led the science community to push for a return to Pluto with an orbiter or to explore other dwarf planets in the Kuiper Belt.

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Image Courtesy of NASA/JHUAPL/SwRI

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