The mission, led by the Applied Physics Laboratory and Alan Stern, eventually became the first mission to Pluto. In August 1992, JPL scientist Robert Staehle called Pluto discoverer Clyde …

May 15, 2025 · New Horizons is a NASA mission to study the dwarf planet Pluto, its moons, and other objects in the Kuiper Belt, a region of the solar system that extends from about 30 AU, …

The New Horizons spacecraft launched on January 19, 2006 – beginning its odyssey to Pluto and the Kuiper Belt. New Horizons now continues on its unparalleled journey of exploration with …

Jul 15, 2025 · In normal times, with a stable NASA budget, scientists might get a chance to start developing another Pluto mission in perhaps 10 or 20 years, after higher-priority missions like …

New Horizons is the first mission to explore the “third zone” of our solar system: the dark, cold Kuiper belt. Launched on January 19, 2006, New Horizons tore past Jupiter only a year later. It …

New Horizons On 14 July 2015, NASA's New Horizons spacecraft flew past Pluto (Young et al., 2008), providing numerous observations that have dramatically altered our knowledge about …

Because no mission to Pluto was planned by any space agency at the time, it would be left unexplored by interplanetary spacecraft for years to come. After the success of the Voyager …

Delve into the history of humankind’s quests to understand Pluto, covering Voyager 1’s early flyby concepts to New Horizons’ landmark discoveries and data.

Apr 21, 2025 · NASA's New Horizons was the first and, so far, the only mission to Pluto. It was also the first mission to explore the solar system's recently discovered "third zone," the region …

NASA's first mission to Pluto and the Kuiper Belt. Includes mission details and educational resources.