RED LODGE — Paul Henry wondered for 16 years if a spacecraft he helped design would ever leave Earth. Two weeks ago, Henry watched as the Pluto-bound New Horizons hurtled out of sight over Cape ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - The first spacecraft to visit distant Pluto, a dwarf planet in the solar system’s frozen backyard, is still three months away from a close encounter, but already in viewing ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - It's showtime for Pluto. NASA's New Horizons spacecraft is nearing the end of its nine-year voyage to Pluto, with just over 100 million miles to go before reaching there ...

~ The probe will take years to reach its target. CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- It will be the fastest spacecraft ever launched, zooming past the moon in nine hours and reaching Jupiter in just over a year ...