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Pluto Kuiper Express

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Pluto Kuiper Express

A mission planned to investigate Pluto and Charon, at present under study. It is hoped to reach Pluto by 2010.

Collins Dictionary of Astronomy © Market House Books Ltd, 2006

References in periodicals archive

This revelation led to a multiple-target concept called Pluto Express, which soon morphed into Pluto Kuiper Express. But when NASA canceled the mission in 2000, a groundswell of scientists, citizens, and advocacy groups pushed back.

Pluto at last: after a 9 1/2-year flight, NASA's New Horizons spacecraft is making a long-awaited visit to Pluto and its moons

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