Next Stop, Pluto!
This month, a speeding spacecraft will zoom past the farthest world yet.

Highlights presents Next Stop, Pluto! by Ken Croswell, Ph.D. This article contains information about Pluto's size, atmosphere, landscape, and other features. In July, the New Horizons spacecraft will pass by Pluto to take photos, look for new moons, measure Pluto's size, and take its temperature before traveling into the depths of space.