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Recently NASA’s new horizon had sent close-up images of Pluto. Consider following statements about New Horizons
1. New Horizons is an interplanetary space probe that was launched as a part of NASAs New Frontiers program
2. A space probe is a robotic spacecraft that leaves Earth orbit and explores space.
3. Space environment around Pluto and its moons has a lot of dust.
Select the correct statements

1 only
1 and 2 only
All of the above
None of the above
Explanation:

Space environment around Pluto and its moons is almost empty, containing only about six dust particles per cubic mile, according to data collected by a student-built instrument riding on NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft.
Further reading - http://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/science/space-around-pluto-nearly-dust-freenasa/article8370579.ece
Further reading - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Horizons
Space probe may approach the Moon; enter interplanetary space; flyby, orbit, or land on other planetary bodies; or approach interstellar space.
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