The moon hurtles through space and the spacecraft has mostly only seen one side of it.
The solar radiation propelled spacecraft is a victim of software glitch that caused it to lose contact with Earth.
The spacecraft captured its closest ever image of the planet's surface where the spots are located.
Two Pluto's smallest moons, Kerberos and Styx, are not easily visible given their smaller size and faintness.
Scientists think ice on the dwarf planet is reflecting sunlight.
A Russian spacecraft delivering supplies to the International Space Station is out of control and may head back to Earth, according to officials.
NASA has released footage showing last 10 minutes of Orion's descent to Earth.
Kepler telescope which developed a technical snag last year, has exceeded expectations after an innovation fix by identifying a massive planet 180 light years away.
Chris Hadfield, retired 55-year-old astronaut who was the very first Canadian to walk in space, said that the next giant leap for humanity should be back on the moon, not on Mars.
New Horizons spacecraft which is 2.9 billion miles away from Earth is now all set to capture images of Pluto to enhance its understanding.
Orion spacecraft which failed to take off on Thursday, successfully completed two orbit flight under five hours, on Friday.
