Pluto or Bust

(AFP/NASA/File)

NASA artist's concept painting shows the proposed New Horizons Spacecraft as it approaches the planet Pluto and its moon Charon. The icy, never-explored distant planet of Pluto is the target of a new space probe NASA is planning to launch an ambitious mission to investigate the outer reaches of the solar system.

We'll have an update on this mission in about seven years or so.