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Pluto explorer to launch atop Atlas 5 rocket
BY SPACEFLIGHT NOW
Posted: July 23, 2003; Updated July 24 with Mars orbiter on Atlas 5

NASA has tapped Lockheed Martin's Atlas 5 rocket to launch the world's first robotic expedition to the planet Pluto. The New Horizons mission is scheduled for launch in January 2006. "