Direct from Pluto: The First Encounter
Direct from Pluto: The First Encounter
Direct from Pluto: The First Encounter
Direct from Pluto: The First Encounter
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Did you know Bill Nye, along with the Planetary Society, was one of the first to advocate for the New Horizons mission. He can't WAIT to see what it finds.
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Direct from Pluto: The First Encounter
Bill Nye's Connection to Pluto
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Dan Riskin reports from Mission Control where the Pluto Fly By has happened. Now we wait for it to turn and take more images.
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Direct from Pluto: The First Encounter
A Big Deal For Humanity
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Why push the limits of the universe? We just want to know what's out there to be discovered. What would it be like to see Pluto.
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Direct from Pluto: The First Encounter
One Spacecraft. One Chance.
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