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Looking Up - 23 March 2018

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You may remember a very special space mission to Pluto called New Horizons which took unprecedented images of our furthest planet. That was in 2015, but the mission has not come to an end. Assistant Project Scientist Anne Verbiscer has been visiting Cape Town and tells us what is planned for the New Horizons spacecraft, and its flyby of Ultima Thule in 2019.
23 Mar 2018 English South Africa Places & Travel

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