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The Intersection #9: The journey to Pluto- It all began with a postage stamp
Category: Society & Culture
Duration: 00:16:04
Publish Date: 2015-07-28 00:35:33
Description: On 15 July, 2015, NASA’s New Horizons flew past Pluto, becoming the first spacecraft to do so. Much has been said about this nine-year, three-billion-mile journey. However, this is the little-known story of the early years of Pluto’s exploration plan; the story of an innocuous US postage stamp that branded Pluto as “Not Yet Explored”, and how it fired up scientists’ desire to reach the dwarf planet. Music- Chris Zabriskie Sound and Image credit- NASA
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