Scientists are getting to know more about Pluto on a daily basis. In the beginning, Pluto was seen in beige and orange and Charon, its largest moon, was appearing gray. This information regarding the dwarf planet was revealed when the New Horizons spacecraft captured images of it in June.

After that, scientists observed strange dark poles on Charon. Mysterious dark streaks along one half of Pluto's equator were also observed by them in last June.

According to reports, on July 14, New Horizons will travel within 7,800 miles of Pluto following a 3 billion-mile journey. The scientists are also getting to know about an unseen part of the dwarf planet as the spacecraft is approaching that close-up encounter. Over the next week and a half, they are looking forward to come up with new discoveries and questions.

According to Alan Stern, the $700 million NASA mission's principal investigator, "A few weeks ago, the faucet hadn't turned on. Now it's dripping a little every day. Soon, it'll be a rush".

Seven instruments of New Horizons are looking at Pluto in order to know regarding its composition, terrain in addition to its atmosphere. Earlier this year, the scientists started observing Pluto and teams at the Hopkins lab are looking forward to a new data collection about the dwarf planet. The Hopkins lab has designed and built the New Horizons spacecraft and is now operating it.

It takes some months to plan the commands that direct the spacecraft's operations. And since 2009, the scientists have worked in the direction of planning for the final days of the spacecraft's journey to Pluto.