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NASA spacecraft wakes up to continue groundbreaking mission beyond Pluto - CNN

By Ashley Strickland

NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft recently came out of hibernation to continue its journey through an unexplored part of the solar system.

A groundbreaking mission that explored Pluto and distant solar system objects in unprecedented detail has awakened from its longest sleep ever and its 5.9 billion miles (9.5 billion kilometers) from … [+4804 chars]

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NASA spacecraft wakes up to continue groundbreaking mission beyond Pluto - CNN

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