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Mission profile. An artist's impression of New Horizons ' close encounter with the Plutonian system. New Horizons is the first mission in NASA's New Frontiers mission category, larger and more expensive than the Discovery missions but smaller than the missions of the Flagship Program.
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New Horizons is the first spacecraft to explore Pluto and its moons up close, and the second to fly by a Kuiper Belt object, Arrokoth. Learn about the mission's objectives, instruments, key dates, and discoveries in this in-depth overview.
- United States of America (USA)
- New Horizons
- Pluto Flyby, Kuiper Belt Object Flyby
- 1,054 pounds (478 kilograms)
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 14, 2015 · New Horizons is the fastest and farthest space mission ever launched to reach Pluto and its moons in July 2015. It will provide the first close-up images and data of the dwarf planet and its system, revealing its geology, atmosphere, and history.
Sep 29, 2023 · NASA has announced an updated plan to continue New Horizons’ mission of exploration of the outer solar system until 2028-2029. The spacecraft will focus on gathering heliophysics data and search for a future Kuiper Belt object flyby candidate.
Jun 30, 2015 · NASA’s New Horizons — the fastest spacecraft ever created — will speed past Pluto on July 14, 2015, beaming back high resolution photos (and invaluable data) of the dwarf planet’s surface ...
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- National Space Society
