Mission to Pluto

Written by Mary Kay Carson

Part of the Scientists in the Field series

Uncover Pluto's secrets with New Horizons' groundbreaking mission.

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80 pages· 940L

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Embark on a cosmic journey with New Horizons, a pioneering spacecraft that traveled nine-and-a-half years to reach Pluto. Witness the unveiling of Pluto's mysterious surface, revealing frozen mountains, moving glaciers, and potential ice volcanoes. As scientists navigate this distant world, they uncover a geologically active planet, challenging our understanding of the solar system. What secrets does this icy dwarf hold, and how will these discoveries reshape our cosmic perspective? Join the mission that ventured three billion miles to explore the unknown.

From the publisher

In July of 2015, a robotic spacecraft reached Pluto after a nine-and-a-half-year journey. Explore with New Horizons in this new-to-paperback book about the first mission to Pluto, which revealed the ice dwarf and its five moons as they had never been seen before. Images from the mission show a reddish surface covered in mountains of frozen water, moving glaciers, hints of possible ice volcanoes, and an underground ocean. Pluto is geologically alive and changing! This addition to the Scientists in the Field series goes where no person or spacecraft has ever gone before. Journey with the team of scientists as they build New Horizons, fly it across the solar system, and make new discoveries about a world three billion miles away.

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