Exploration of Pluto - Wikipedia
WEBPluto, discovered by Clyde Tombaugh in 1930, is an interesting target for planetary exploration, but Pluto presents significant challenges for exploration because of its small mass and great distance from Earth.
Pluto: Exploration - Science@NASA
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.
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.
Exploring the Unexplored: New Horizons’ Mission to Pluto
WEBJul 1, 2015 · After a nine year and more than 3.6 billion mile trip, plans call for the probe to provide the first close up observations of Pluto and the most distant objects in the solar system.
New Horizons - NASA Science
WEBJan 19, 2006 · The first spacecraft to explore Pluto up close, flying by the dwarf planet and its moons in 2015. After a nine-year journey, New Horizons also passed its second major science target, reaching the Kuiper Belt object Arrokoth in 2019, the most distant object ever explored up close.
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.
Exploring Pluto's surface | Planet Explorers | BBC Earth
WEBNov 16, 2021 · The inside story of the incredible discoveries and near-misses of the New Horizons mission to Pluto. Dr Carly Howett runs the camera on the space probe that revealed an entirely unexpected world.
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.