Nasa scientists work to revive Pluto-bound spacecraft after glitch

New Horizons craft suffered malfunction - which triggered an 81-minute break in radio communications - just nine days before it was due to fly past Pluto

Nasa scientists were working on Sunday to revive the New Horizons spacecraft, after it suffered a computer malfunction just nine days before it was due to fly past Pluto.

The probe has been barreling toward the dwarf planet and its primary moon, Charon, since January 2006.