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SpaceRef - Exploration and Missions - Robotic Missions - Planetary Science - Pluto-Kuiper Express

Pluto-Kuiper Express - NASA Mission to fly by Pluto and into the Kuiper Belt - Pluto Kuiper Express mission is designed to fly by and make studies of the planet Pluto and its satellite Charon in 2012 and fly on to encounter one or more of the large bodies in the Kuiper belt beyond the orbit of Pluto. NASA GSFC's National Space Science Data Center (NSSDC)

Pluto-Kuiper Express Mission - This mission is being conceived using lightweight advanced-technology hardware components and advanced software technology. The Pluto mission plan calls for launch when this technology is ready with a goal of encounters with Pluto and Charon around 2010 or later. [NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory]