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In the early hours of July 14, a NASA spacecraft will make a historic first encounter with Pluto, the beloved dwarf planet that currently sits about 2.9 billion miles from Earth. The New Horizons spacecraft will take the first close-range photos and scientific readings of the Pluto system, helping to clear up many mysteries of the dark, icy world and its strange flock of moons.
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