This artist’s concept obtained December 1, 2014 courtesy of NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute (JHUAPL/SwRI), shows the New Horizons spacecraft as it approaches Pluto and its three moons in summer 2015. The US probe that will explore Pluto woke up from its slumber on December 6, 2014, after a nine-year journey to take a close look at the distant body for the first time. «New Horizons is healthy and cruising quietly through deep space, nearly three billion miles from home, but its rest is nearly over,» said Alice Bowman, the craft’s operations manager at Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory outside Washington. = RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE / MANDATORY CREDIT: «AFP PHOTO HANDOUT-NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute»/ NO MARKETING – NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS – NO A LA CARTE SALES/DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS=