By <a href="http://www.space.com/contact_author.php?a=UTJGc2JHRWdRMjltYVdWc1pDcGpZMjltYVdWc1pDb3g=">Calla Cofield</a> -<br><br>Pluto, get ready for your close-up: A NASA spacecraft has roused itself from the final slumber of its nine-year trek to the edge of the solar system, setting the stage for the first close encounter with Pluto next year.<br><br><a href="http://www.space.com/27946-pluto-spacecraft-new-horizons-wakeup.html">READ MORE ON SPACE.COM</a>
NASA spacecraft New Horizons is awake after 9 years - Will encounter Pluto in 2015
