Planet Pluto, now blurry, will become clear with Nasa flyby

On Feb 4, 2010, Nasa released the most detailed view to date of the entire surface of the dwarf planet Pluto (pictured), as constructed from multiple Hubble Space Telescope photographs taken from 2002 to 2003. That is about to change when Nasa's unmanned New Horizons spacecraft makes the first-ever flyby of the dwarf planet on July 14, 2015. -- PHOTO: AFP.

MIAMI (AFP): The best picture we have of Pluto is a blurry, pixelated blob, but that is about to change when a Nasa spacecraft makes the first-ever flyby of the dwarf planet.

The US space agency's unmanned New Horizons spacecraft is scheduled to pass by Pluto on July 14, and will send back unprecedented high-resolution images, allowing people to glimpse the surface of the distant celestial body in rich detail.