New Horizons spacecraft to explore Pluto
(AP)
Updated: 2006-01-17 20:25

The Atlas V rocket with the New Horizons spacecraft aboard reaches launch complex 41 at Cape Canaveral, Florida January 16, 2006. The Atlas V is expected to launch 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. [Reuters]