🚀 New Horizons

First spacecraft to visit Pluto! Launched Jan 19, 2006. Used Jupiter gravity assist to reach Pluto in just 9.5 years.

After Pluto, continued to Kuiper Belt Object "Arrokoth" - the most distant object ever explored up close.

2006
Launch Year
2
Targets
16 km/s
Speed
7.5B km
To Pluto
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