New Horizons Update
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National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC
Free
On July 14, the New Horizons spacecraft will zip past Pluto and it's five known moons. Nobody really knows what it will find. Join us on July 15 for a special program about this historic mission. Learn more about the pluto flyby from National Air and Space Museum senior curator Mike Neufeld, and hear about early findings from the mission as we watch NASA's New Horizons press conference, streamed live in the Moving Beyond Earth gallery.
In July 2015, New Horizons will become the first spacecraft to fly through the Pluto system. Learn about the birth of this mission and the promise of new science from it.
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