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Take Two

Eight years on, New Horizons probe almost at Pluto

By Take Two Staff
Published Dec 10, 2014

Take Two translates the day’s headlines for Southern California, making sense of the news and cultural events that affect our lives. Produced by Southern California Public Radio and broadcast from October 2012 – June 2021. Hosted by A Martinez.

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Eight years on, New Horizons probe almost at Pluto
NASA launched the New Horizons probe nearly nine years ago. And finally, it's almost at its destination, which is located in the corner of our solar system... Pluto.

Nine years ago, when NASA launched its New Horizons probe... the housing bubble hadn't burst, Tiger Woods was still at the top of his game and Pluto had not yet been officially downgraded to a dwarf planet. Regardless, the little probe is FINALLY about to reach the little rock - and some scientists are very excited.

is the Senior Editor at The Planetary Society and she joins A Martinez in studio to chat.

She's also been writing about the probe over at The Planetary Society's website.