Exploration of Pluto - Wikipedia
WEBExploration of Pluto. New Horizons, launched on 19 January 2006. A 3,462-day journey to Pluto. The exploration of Pluto began with the arrival of the New Horizons probe in July 2015, though proposals for such a mission had been studied for many decades. [1]
Pluto: Exploration - NASA Science
WEBPluto: Exploration. NASA's New Horizons was the first and, so far, the only mission to Pluto. It was also the first mission to explore the solar system's recently discovered "third zone," the region beyond the giant planets called the Kuiper Belt.
NASA’s Three-Billion-Mile Journey to Pluto Reaches Historic …
WEBJul 14, 2015 · After a decade-long journey through our solar system, New Horizons made its closest approach to Pluto Tuesday, about 7,750 miles above the surface — roughly the same distance from New York to Mumbai, India – making it the first-ever space mission to explore a world so far from Earth.
In Depth | Pluto – NASA Solar System Exploration
WEBPluto is a complex and mysterious world with mountains, valleys, plains, craters, and maybe glaciers. Discovered in 1930, Pluto was long considered our solar system's ninth planet. But after the discovery of similar intriguing worlds deeper in the distant Kuiper Belt, icy Pluto was reclassified as a dwarf planet.
Five Years after New Horizons’ Historic Flyby, Here Are 10 ... - NASA
WEBJul 14, 2020 · Five years ago today, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft made history. After a voyage of nearly 10 years and more than 3 billion miles, the intrepid piano-sized probe flew within 7,800 miles of Pluto. For the first time ever, we saw the surface of this distant world in spectacular, colored detail.
NASA’s New Horizons Spacecraft Begins First Stages of Pluto …
WEBJan 15, 2015 · NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft recently began its long-awaited, historic encounter with Pluto. The spacecraft is entering the first of several approach phases that culminate July 14 with the first close-up flyby of the dwarf planet, 4.67 billion miles (7.5 billion kilometers) from Earth.
News and images from the Pluto New Horizons team - NASA Blogs
WEBNASA’s venerable Voyager 1 and 2 spacecraft made landmark explorations of the giant planets from 1979 to 1989. New Horizons is the next deep-space probe after the Voyagers, accomplishing the first exploration of Pluto and the Kuiper Belt beyond—our solar system’s third zone. Credit: NASA.
The Year of Pluto - NASA+
WEBOct 31, 2023 · “The Year of Pluto – NASA New Horizons” is a one-hour documentary that takes on the hard science and gives us answers to how the mission came about and why it matters. Interviews with Dr. James Green, John Spencer, Fran Bagenal, Mark Showalter, and others share how New Horizons will answer many questions.
Pluto is almost here: What we've seen so far, and what's coming …
WEBAfter nearly a decade speeding through the vast emptiness of the solar system, NASA's New Horizons spacecraft is on Pluto's doorstep. On 14 July, the mission will swoop past the dwarf planet, in the first-ever visit to the frigid region of …
The Pluto system: Initial results from its exploration by New
WEBOct 16, 2015 · NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft made the first exploration of Pluto, culminating on 14 July 2015; it collected numerous remote sensing and in situ measurements of Pluto and its system of five moons. We report the first scientific results and interpretations of that flyby.