New Horizons Wakes Up for the Summer

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Illustration of the New Horizons spacecraft passing by Pluto and Charon in July 2015. (NASA)

While many kids in the U.S. are getting ready to begin their school summer vacations, New Horizons is about to get back to work! Speeding along on its way to Pluto the spacecraft has just woken up from hibernation, a nap it began five months (and 100 million miles) ago.

The next time New Horizons awakens from hibernation in December, it will be beginning its actual and long-awaited encounter with Pluto! But first the spacecraft and its team have a busy and exciting summer ahead.

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