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Jan 19, 2006 · NASA's New Horizons spacecraft was the first spacecraft to explore Pluto up close, flying by the dwarf planet and its moons on July 14, 2015. In early 2019, New Horizons flew past its second major science target – Arrokoth (2014 MU69), the most distant object ever explored up close.
New Horizons is an interplanetary space probe launched as a part of NASA's New Frontiers program. [5]
Sep 29, 2023 · NASA has announced an updated plan to continue New Horizons’ mission of exploration of the outer solar system until 2028 or 2029. The spacecraft will focus on gathering heliophysics data and search for a possible Kuiper Belt object flyby candidate.
Jul 14, 2015 · After a decade-long journey through our solar system, New Horizons made its closest approach to Pluto Tuesday, about 7,750 miles above the surface — roughly the same distance from New York to Mumbai, India – making it the first-ever space mission to explore a world so far from Earth.
NASA's New Horizons mission is designed to help us understand worlds at the edge of our solar system by making the first reconnaissance of Pluto and Charon - a "double planet" and the last...
Apr 15, 2021 · New Horizons is the fifth spacecraft to reach 50 astronomical units from the Sun, joining Voyagers 1 and 2 in interstellar space. The mission team celebrates the historic achievement and shares stunning images of the Kuiper Belt and beyond.
NASA has announced an updated plan to continue New Horizons’ mission of exploration of the outer solar system. Beginning in fiscal year 2025, New Horizons will focus on gathering unique heliophysics data, which can be readily obtained during an extended,…
