NASA's Pluto-bound New Horizons probe crossed Saturn's orbital path June 8, two years and four months after its launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., according to a June 9 NASA press release.rnThe first of NASA's New Frontiers planetary missions, New Horizons is expected to reach Pluto and the Kuiper Belt of small icy bodies by 2015. The spacecraft has crossed the orbits of three planets so far and relayed data to scientists on Jupiter last year.
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机译：根据6月9日NASA的新闻稿，NASA的冥王星“新视野”探测器于6月8日越过土星的轨道，这是从佛罗里达州卡纳维拉尔角空军基地发射的两年零四个月之后。rnA的第一个“ New Frontiers”行星任务，预计到2015年，新视野号将到达小型冰冷天体的冥王星和柯伊伯带。迄今为止，飞船已经越过了三个行星的轨道，并于去年将数据传递给了木星上的科学家。
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