New Horizons Spacecraft Gets Boost From Jupiter for Pluto Encounter

NASA's New Horizons spacecraft successfully completed a flyby of Jupiter early this morning, using the massive planet's gravity to pick up speed for its 3-billion mile voyage to Pluto and the unexplored Kuiper Belt region beyond.

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<p><a href="http://www.physorg.com/news91898908.html">New Horizons Spacecraft Gets Boost From Jupiter for Pluto Encounter</a></p> <p>NASA's New Horizons spacecraft successfully completed a flyby of Jupiter early this morning, using the massive planet's gravity to pick up speed for its 3-billion mile voyage to Pluto and the unexplored Kuiper Belt region beyond.</p>