Guarded By Nuclear Protection Teams, U.S. To Launch Fastest Spacecraft, Reports Aviation Week & Space Technology (RedNova)

NEW YORK, Jan. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- The U.S. is poised next week to fire an unmanned spacecraft toward Pluto at a speed of 10 miles per second, the highest velocity any space mission has ever been rocketed from Earth, Aviation Week & Space Technology reports in its January 9 issue.