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NASA launched its New Horizons spacecraft, the first probe ever destined for the planet Pluto, its moons and the Kuiper Belt beyond, on Jan. 19, 2006.The historic mission will take more than nine years to reach Pluto - set your calendars for July 14, 2015 - even though, traveling at 36,250 miles per hour (58,338 kilometers per hour), its NASA's fastest mission to date. The probe swung past Jupiter on Feb. 28, 2007.
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