NASA New Horizons Pluto-Kuiper Belt Spacecraft
NASA’s New Horizons is an interplanetary flyby spacecraft launched in 2006 for Pluto and Kuiper Belt exploration.
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Identity
- Family Name
- New Horizons
- Full Name
- NASA New Horizons Pluto-Kuiper Belt Spacecraft
- Roles
- interplanetary_probeflyby
- Status
- active
- Type
- spacecraft
Details
- Description
- NASA’s New Horizons is an interplanetary flyby spacecraft launched in 2006 for Pluto and Kuiper Belt exploration.
- First Flight Year
- 2,006
Links
- Official Url
- https://science.nasa.gov/mission/new-horizons/
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- August 13, 2026 at 16:12:45 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 13, 2026 at 16:12:45 UTC