Ride along with the New Horizons Spacecraft as she rockets three billion miles to Pluto! Watch her take the first close-up photos of Pluto, and then journey another billion miles to mini-world Arrokoth.
She lives in Simsbury, CT..
She is the author of Sterling\'s If You Had Your Birthday Party on the Moon .
A former advertising copywriter, she\'s happy to have found a kinder, gentler life writing books.
About author(s): Joyce Lapin has enjoyed reading and learning about astronomy since childhood.
You\'ll whiz through space at more than 10 miles per second; learn how giant planet Jupiter helped the Little Spacecraft reach Pluto; and discover the astonishing surface feature That made the world fall in love with Pluto.
Ride along with the New Horizons Spacecraft as she rockets three billion miles to Pluto! Watch her take the first close-up photos of Pluto, and then journey another billion miles to mini-world Arrokoth