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Also known as New Frontiers 1

NASA probe that visited Pluto and Kuiper belt object 486958 Arrokoth

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New Horizons is a NASA spacecraft that traveled to Pluto and beyond, visiting the distant icy world and a Kuiper Belt object called Arrokoth to study these remote regions of our solar system. These missions matter because they provided the first close-up images and data of Pluto and the Kuiper Belt, helping scientists understand how objects at the edge of our solar system formed and evolved.

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Distance from Earth: 58.96
Mass: 76.8
Official website: newhorizons.jhuapl.edu
Image: Encounter 01 lg.jpg

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Commons category: New Horizons
UTC date of spacecraft launch: 2006-01-19
Commons gallery: New Horizons
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Missions to Europa (moon)Missions to Jupiter Missions to minor planets Missions to Pluto NASA space probes New Frontiers program New Horizons Nuclear-powered robots Radio frequency propagation Spacecraft escaping the Solar System Spacecraft launched by Atlas rockets Space probes launched in 2006