New Horizons spacecraft to explore Pluto (AP) Updated: 2006-01-17 20:25
The Atlas V rocket with the New Horizons
spacecraft sits on the launch pad at complex 41 surrounded by lighting
rods as the sun sets at Cape Canaveral, Florida on January 16, 2006. The
Atlas V is expected to launch Tuesday, January 17, 2006 from Cape
Canaveral Air Force Station with the New Horizons spacecraft aboard on its
trip to the planet Pluto and its moon Charon.
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