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New Horizons is the first mission in NASA's New Frontiers mission category, larger and more expensive than the Discovery missions but smaller than the missions of the Flagship Program. The cost of the mission, including spacecraft and instrument development, launch vehicle, mission operations, data analysis, and education/public outreach, is ...
February 5, 2001: New Horizons name chosen. [1] [2] April 6, 2001: New Horizons proposal submitted to NASA. It was one of five proposals submitted, which were later narrowed to two for Phase A study: POSSE (Pluto and Outer Solar System Explorer) and New Horizons. [1] November 29, 2001: New Horizons proposal selected by NASA. Started Phase B study.
The flyby also served as a comprehensive test of New Horizons' scientific instruments, returning valuable data on Jupiter's atmosphere, moons, and magnetosphere. On 14 July 2015, at 11:49 UTC, New Horizons flew 12,500 km (7,800 mi) above Pluto's surface, [18] [19] which at the time was 34 AU from the Sun. [20]
On January 19, 2006, the New Horizons spacecraft to Pluto was launched directly into a solar-escape trajectory at 16.26 kilometers per second (58,536 km/h; 36,373 mph) from Cape Canaveral using an Atlas V and the Common Core Booster, Centaur upper stage, and Star 48B third stage. [30] New Horizons passed the Moon's orbit in just nine hours.
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.
New Horizons: NASA: June 2006 distant flyby success flew past Pluto successfully 2006-001A: 2867 Šteins: Rosetta: ESA: 5 September 2008 flyby success en route to comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko: 2004-006A: 21 Lutetia: Rosetta: ESA: 11 July 2010 flyby success en route to comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko: 2004-006A: 4 Vesta: Dawn: NASA: 16 ...
NASA is considering adding a message to the New Horizons probe to communicate with alien life in the near future. NASA May Add Messages from Earth to Pluto Probe for Aliens More on AOL.com:
Institution: NASA; New Horizons. Mission: the first spacecraft to study Pluto up close, and ultimately the Kuiper Belt. It was the fastest spacecraft when leaving Earth and will be the fifth probe to leave the Solar System. Launched: 19 January 2006; Destination: Pluto and Charon; Arrival: 14 July 2015; Left Charon: 14 July 2015; Institution ...