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View of Pluto as New Horizons left the system, catching the Sun's rays passing through Pluto's atmosphere, forming a ring. Soon after the Pluto flyby, in July 2015, New Horizons reported that the spacecraft was healthy, its flight path was within the margins, and science data of the Pluto–Charon system had been recorded.
December 2, 2011: New Horizons draws closer to Pluto than any other spacecraft has ever been. Previously, Voyager 1 held the record for the closest approach. (~10.58 AU) [29] February 11, 2012: New Horizons reaches the distance of 10 AU from the Pluto system, at around 4:55 UTC. [30] July 1, 2013: New Horizons captures its first image of Charon ...
If New Horizons had travelled through such a ring system, there would have been an increased risk of potentially disabling micrometeoroid damage. [30] New Horizons had its closest approach to Pluto on 14 July 2015—after a 3,462-day journey across the Solar System. Scientific observations of Pluto began five months before the closest approach ...
On the morning of July 14th, after traveling for nearly 10 years, New Horizons reached its Pluto flyby destination point. Stephen Hawking was quick to extend his praise on the historic ...
On the morning of July 14th, after traveling for nearly 10 years, New Horizons reached its Pluto flyby destination point. ... 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us. Sign in. Mail. 24/7 Help.
NASA launched the New Horizon spacecraft in 2006 to learn more about the icy dwarf planet Pluto. Here are some of the first photos from that mission, taken from between 125 and 115 million miles away.
The nine missions include two, Ulysses and New Horizons, whose primary objectives were not outer planets, but which flew past Jupiter to gain gravity assists en route to a polar orbit around the Sun (Ulysses), and to Pluto (New Horizons). Pluto was considered a planet at the time that New Horizons launched, but was reclassified as a dwarf planet.
In a soft, clear voice, she confirmed that the New Horizons spacecraft had flown within 7,800 miles of Pluto and survived. In the following days, the spacecraft transmitted images that revealed for the first time what the surface of Pluto looks like.