It took NASA's New Horizons spacecraft over nine years to reach the distant world of Pluto, but it was well worth the wait. This video reveals six weeks of images that New Horizons snapped of Pluto as it approached, reached, and passed the dwarf planet.
These images have revolutionized our understanding of this unusual and surprising heavenly body.
New Horizons' principal investigator, Alan Stern, said in comment of the video:
"Just over a year ago, Pluto was just a dot in the distance. This video shows what it would be like to ride aboard an approaching spacecraft and see Pluto grow to become a world, and then to swoop down over its spectacular terrains as if we were approaching some future landing."
Video courtesy of NASA
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