Pluto Explorer
New Horizons is a robotic spacecraft mission conducted by NASA.
It is expected to be the first spacecraft to fly by and study the dwarf planet Pluto and its moons, Charon, Nix and Hydra. NASA may also approve flybys of one or more other Kuiper Belt Objects.
New Horizons was successfully launched on January 19, 2006. After a flyby of Jupiter on February 28, 2007 at 5:43:40 UTC, it is expected to arrive at Pluto in July 2015 before becoming the fifth spacecraft to leave the Solar System.
The New Horizons spacecraft was launched directly into an Earth- and solar-escape trajectory. It had an Earth-relative velocity of about 16.21 km/s (36,260 mph) just after its last engine shut down, making it the fastest spacecraft launch to date.
It is expected to be the first spacecraft to fly by and study the dwarf planet Pluto and its moons, Charon, Nix and Hydra. NASA may also approve flybys of one or more other Kuiper Belt Objects.
New Horizons was successfully launched on January 19, 2006. After a flyby of Jupiter on February 28, 2007 at 5:43:40 UTC, it is expected to arrive at Pluto in July 2015 before becoming the fifth spacecraft to leave the Solar System.
The New Horizons spacecraft was launched directly into an Earth- and solar-escape trajectory. It had an Earth-relative velocity of about 16.21 km/s (36,260 mph) just after its last engine shut down, making it the fastest spacecraft launch to date.
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