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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 ...
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 ...
Target Spacecraft Organization Date Type Status Notes Image Ref 486958 Arrokoth: New Horizons: NASA: 1 January 2019 flyby success extended mission after Pluto; may flyby another object in 2020s. [62] 2006-001A
Mission Spacecraft Launch date Carrier rocket Operator Mission Type Outcome 1 New Horizons: New Horizons: 19 January 2006: Atlas V (551) AV-010 + Star 48B 3rd stage: NASA: Flyby Successful Flew by Pluto in July 2015, flew past Arrokoth on 1 January 2019.
The legendary New Horizons spacecraft has sent back the most detailed image yet of MU69 — the most distant object a human spacecraft has ever explored. At some four billion miles from Earth, and ...
Deep Impact flew by and imaged Hartley 2 as part of its extended mission. New Horizons: Asteroid 132524 APL: 19 January 2006 13 June 2006 146 days (4 months, 26 days) New Horizons flew by 132524 APL en route to Pluto. [111] Jupiter 28 February 2007 416 days (1 years, 1 months, 20 days) New Horizons flew by Jupiter as a gravity assist en route ...
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: NASA; Voyager 1
DE418 [32] was released in 2007 for planning the New Horizons mission to Pluto. New observations of Pluto, which took advantage of the new astrometric accuracy of the Hipparcos star catalog, were included in the fit. Mars spacecraft ranging and VLBI observations were updated through 2007. Asteroid masses were estimated differently.