New Horizons Space Probe

The probe about the size of a piano weighed nearly 1 054 pounds at launch.
New horizons space probe. New horizons historic flyby of the kbo 2014 mu69 also known as arrokoth has revealed incredible insights about the birth of the solar system. New horizons is the first of nasa s new frontiers mission probes which are medium class missions designed to explore different destinations in the solar system. The new horizons spacecraft launched on january 19 2006 beginning its odyssey to pluto and the kuiper belt. It has seven instruments on board to.
Other selected missions include. In early 2019 new horizons flew past its second major science target 2014 mu69 the most distant object ever explored up close. New horizons launched on jan. New horizons is an interplanetary space probe that was launched as a part of nasa s new frontiers program.
New horizons launched from florida s kennedy space center on january 19 2006. With substantial public input the team has chosen ultima thule pronounced ultima thoo lee for the kuiper belt object the new horizons spacecraft will explore on jan. The new horizons spacecraft is truly a mission of firsts and this demonstration of stellar parallax is no different said kenneth hansen new horizons program scientist at nasa headquarters in. New horizons now continues on its unparalleled journey of exploration with the close flyby of a kuiper belt object called 2014 mu69 officially named arrokoth on january 1 2019.
Nasa s new horizons spacecraft is the first spacecraft to explore pluto up close flying by the dwarf planet and its moons on july 14 2015. It swung past jupiter for a gravity boost and scientific studies in february 2007 and conducted a six month long reconnaissance flyby study of pluto and its moons in summer 2015 culminating with pluto closest approach on july 14 2015.