A NASA probe launched in 2006 that performed the first close flyby of Pluto in July 2015, revealing an unexpectedly varied surface of nitrogen-ice plains and water-ice mountains. It went on to fly past the Kuiper Belt object Arrokoth in 2019, the most distant object ever explored up close.
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Spacecraft Type ManufacturerJohns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) and Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) 3 StatusOperational; continuing outward through the Kuiper Belt. 2 Status
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Source New Horizons - NASA Science
New Horizons is the spacecraft that carried out this mission.
Source Wikipedia (space and spaceflight articles)
Performed the first close flyby of Pluto, in July 2015.
Source NASA Solar System Exploration
Operated By
Source NASA Solar System Exploration
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1. New Horizons (Wikipedia)
- NASA has announced its plan to extend operations for New Horizons until the spacecraft exits the Kuiper belt
- In Group: Outer Solar System and Giant Planet Probes, New Horizons is an interplanetary space probe launched as a part of NASA's New Frontiers program. Launched in 2006, it became the first spacecraft to perform a flyby study and capture high-resolu
View the Source2. NASA Solar System Exploration
3. Wikipedia (space and spaceflight articles)
Wikimedia FoundationNew Horizons, Wikipedia - lead section
It was engineered by the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) and the Southwest Research Institute (SwRI), with a team led by Alan Stern.
- Associated With: New Horizons Mission, New Horizons, lead section
View the Source New Horizons - NASA Science
Associated With: Jupiter, In Depth: New Horizons section, Jupiter flybyQuote, Associated With: Jupiter, In Depth: New Horizons section, Jupiter flyby
The spacecraft flew by the solar system's largest planet, Jupiter, for a gravity assist maneuver on Feb. 28, 2007
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