Cathy Olkin, New Horizons deputy project scientist, Southwest Research Institute, Boulder, Colorado, speaks during a New Horizons mission briefing, Tuesday, April 14, 2015 at NASA Headquarters in Washington, Panelists in the briefing discussed the goals, scientific objectives and encounter plans as the New Horizons spacecraft approaches its closest encounter with Pluto on July 14th after traveling more than 3 billion miles since its launch on January 19, 2006. The panelists also discussed the types of images and other data that will be collected during the flyby and when it can be expec

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