First colour photo of planet Pluto taken by NASA

First colour photo of planet Pluto taken by NASA

The blurry image was taken by NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft – launched in 2006 and powered by plutonium – as it looks set to pass close to the planet on the 14th of July. The image is seen as one of the major breakthroughs in space in 2015 already.

 

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