Alan Stern

• In Photos: Pluto, then and now

  From a faint point of light in the sky to a world with discernible features, our view of Pluto has certainly come into focus.

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  Jul 16, 2015
  
• Mission to Pluto on track despite spacecraft anomaly; new images released

  The team working on the mission to Pluto got a scare on Saturday when the spacecraft went into safe mode, but say now all is well.

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  Jul 6, 2015
  
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• New images reveal Pluto’s moon has dark pole

  Whether you think of Pluto as a full-fledged planet or a dwarf planet, there is no doubt that in the coming days, this little world will take centre stage across the globe.

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  Jun 23, 2015
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• Pluto an ’emerging puzzle’ as icy world comes into focus

  On Friday, the New Horizons spacecraft, the fastest spacecraft ever launched from Earth, sent back new images of the icy world, the best yet.

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  Jun 12, 2015
• Why you should get excited about the mission to Pluto

  Whether it's considered a planet or not, there's a lot tiny Pluto is going to teach us about our solar system and origins. And it will be the most distant world we've ever seen.

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  May 28, 2015
• ‘We are at Pluto’s doorstep.’: New Horizons mission edges closer to mysterious world

  Little maligned Pluto, the subject of the great planetary debate ("Is it a planet or is it not a planet?") is readying for a visitor in just a short three months.

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  Apr 14, 2015