And that's why NASA has sent their New Horizons spacecraft off to visit it.

这是为什么美国航天局已经派出新地平线号去访问它的缘故。

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Finally, 2015 gave us the ever picture of Pluto, made by NASA's New Horizons spacecraft.

最后，2015年我们拍到了见所未见的冥王星照片，这张照片由NASA的新视野号飞船拍摄。

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NASA's New Horizons spacecraft intends to visit one or two of them after it flies past Pluto in 2015.

NASA的新地平线计划准备在2015飞过冥王星时，去拜访一下柯伊伯带上的一两颗小行星。

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Instead, the New Horizons spacecraft will target them with its cameras when it flies by.

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Currently, Pluto is receiving special scrutiny by astronomers, because NASA's New Horizons spacecraft is slated to arrive there in July 2015.

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So NASA's New Horizons spacecraft, which is due to fly by the dwarf planet in 2015, may have to watch its step.

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