Pluto and Beyond

Aug 3, 2019

0h 51m

★ 8.2

Overview

Since it explored Pluto in 2015, the New Horizons spacecraft has been zooming toward NASA's most distant target yet. Join the mission team as the probe attempts to fly by Ultima Thule, an object 4 billion miles from Earth.

Genres

Documentary

TV Movie

Production Companies

Terri Randall Productions

NOVA

GBH

Pluto and Beyond Trailers

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Cast

Narrator

Craig Sechler

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Joel Parker

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Marc Buie

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Michael E. Brown

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David Jewitt

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Cathy Olkin

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Anne Verbiscer

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Konstantin Batygin

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Carey Lisse

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Alice Bowman

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Alan Stern

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Mark Showalter

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