How NASA pulled off the Pluto flyby

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Nearly a year ago, NASA's New Horizons spacecraft flew by Pluto, marking the first time a vehicle had visited the dwarf planet. Alan Stern, principal investigator of the New Horizons mission, sat down with The Verge to discuss how the engineering team pulled off the mission and what we've learned from the flyby so far. Related videos: Video-chatting with astronauts: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjoBhszMPaE Stephen Hawking's Starshot, explained: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNnuCP-BFKY Subscribe: http://goo.gl/G5RXGs Check out our full video catalog: http://goo.gl/lfcGfq Visit our playlists: http://goo.gl/94XbKx Like The Verge on Facebook: http://goo.gl/2P1aGc Follow on Instagram: http://goo.gl/7ZeLvX Read More: http://www.theverge.com

Published 2016-06-06 · Watch on YouTube ↗
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