New Horizons is an interplanetary space probe launched as a part of NASA 's New Frontiers program. [5] It was launched in 2006, becoming the first spacecraft to perform a flyby study of …

May 15, 2025 · New Horizons is a NASA mission to study the dwarf planet Pluto, its moons, and other objects in the Kuiper Belt, a region of the solar system that extends from about 30 AU, …

New Horizons observations of the Pluto system were planned well in advance, with each instrument programmed to perform specific functions as the spacecraft sped toward, past and …

Nov 18, 2025 · New Horizons, U.S. space probe that flew by the dwarf planet Pluto and its largest moon, Charon, in July 2015. It was the first space probe to visit Pluto.

Feb 19, 2025 · NASA's New Horizons spacecraft conducted the first and only flyby of the Pluto system, culminating at the closest approach of that distant world in July 2015.

Jul 5, 2025 · NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft has successfully demonstrated a revolutionary method for deep space navigation, as the probe ventured through the Kuiper Belt at a distance …

Jul 4, 2025 · As NASA's New Horizons spacecraft traveled through the Kuiper Belt at a distance of more than 5.5 billion miles from Earth, an international team of astronomers used the far …