New Horizons - NASA Science
WEBJan 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 - Wikipedia
WEBThe flyby increased New Horizons ' speed by 4 km/s (14,000 km/h; 9,000 mph), accelerating the probe to a velocity of 23 km/s (83,000 km/h; 51,000 mph) relative to the Sun and shortening its voyage to Pluto by three years.
Five Years after New Horizons’ Historic Flyby, Here Are 10 ... - NASA
WEBJul 14, 2020 · Five years ago today, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft made history. After a voyage of nearly 10 years and more than 3 billion miles, the intrepid piano-sized probe flew within 7,800 miles of Pluto. For the first time ever, we saw the surface of this distant world in spectacular, colored detail.
Pluto revealed: New Horizons’ historic flyby, five years later
WEBJul 14, 2020 · It was just three days before the project he’d shepherded, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft, was set to begin a daring flyby of Pluto, which would be the first time a spacecraft visited the...
New Horizons Probe's July 14 Pluto Flyby: Complete Coverage
WEBJul 24, 2015 · NASA's New Horizons probe has lifted the veil on Pluto. On July 14, New Horizons performed the first-ever flyby of the faraway dwarf planet, zooming within 7,800 miles (12,500...
Far beyond Pluto: What's next for NASA's New Horizons probe? - Space.com
WEBJul 14, 2022 · NASA's New Horizons spacecraft flew by Pluto seven years ago, but the probe's work is far from done. New Horizons is still on duty in extended mission mode, diving ever deeper into the...
NASA’s Three-Billion-Mile Journey to Pluto Reaches Historic …
WEBJul 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.
Pluto Flyby Anniversary: The Most Amazing Photos from NASA's New Horizons
WEBJul 14, 2017 · This 220-mile-wide (350 kilometers) view of Pluto from NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft illustrates the incredible diversity of surface reflectivities and geological landforms on the dwarf...
Live coverage: New Horizons’ historic Pluto flyby - Astronomy …
WEBJul 14, 2015 · As the New Horizons spacecraft makes its historic flyby of the Pluto system, tune to this live blog for continuous science updates, behind-the-scenes insights, and the latest images.
New Horizons Successfully Performs Pluto Flyby - SpaceNews
WEBJan 23, 2023 · LAUREL, Md. — NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft carried out a flyby of Pluto July 14, collecting images and other data about the distant dwarf planet and its moons that it will spend more than a...
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