New Horizons
New Horizons is NASA's active first New Frontiers mission. The Johns Hopkins APL spacecraft used an Atlas V 551, Centaur, Star 48B, and Jupiter gravity assist to reach Pluto for humanity's first close reconnaissance in 2015, then completed the first close flyby of a Kuiper Belt object at Arrokoth in 2019 and continues outer-heliosphere and remote Kuiper Belt science.
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Identity
- Aliases
- New Horizons Pluto-Kuiper Belt MissionNew Horizons Pluto MissionNew Horizons Kuiper Belt Extended Mission
- Name
- New Horizons
- Status
- active
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- Description
- New Horizons is NASA's active first New Frontiers mission. The Johns Hopkins APL spacecraft used an Atlas V 551, Centaur, Star 48B, and Jupiter gravity assist to reach Pluto for humanity's first close reconnaissance in 2015, then completed the first close flyby of a Kuiper Belt object at Arrokoth in 2019 and continues outer-heliosphere and remote Kuiper Belt science.
- Destination
- Outward heliocentric trajectory through the Kuiper Belt for the first close-up exploration of Pluto on 14 July 2015 and the farthest-ever close-up exploration of Arrokoth on 1 January 2019, followed by continuing heliophysics and remote Kuiper Belt observations beyond 60 AU
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- Outcome
- Successful and ongoing. New Horizons achieved the first close reconnaissance of Pluto and its moons, revealed unexpectedly complex and geologically active worlds, completed the first close flyby of a Kuiper Belt object at Arrokoth, returned both encounter data sets, and remains active beyond 60 astronomical units collecting heliophysics and remote Kuiper Belt observations.
- Programs
- Start Date
- 2006-01-19
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Links
- Official Url
- https://science.nasa.gov/mission/new-horizons/
- Wikipedia Url
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Horizons
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- Creation Time
- April 12, 2026 at 22:30:55 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 23, 2026 at 02:06:13 UTC
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