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Mission to the outer limits

By Ron Cowen

- More than 2 years ago

NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft has taken up temporary residence at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., where engineers are doing final testing before the craft begins its 9-year voyage to the outer solar system.

ON THE FRINGE. Ten years from now, the New Horizons spacecraft is scheduled to pay a visit to Pluto and its moon Charon, depicted here with the sun in the background.