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14 de jul. de 2015 · New Horizons’ almost 10-year, three-billion-mile journey to closest approach at Pluto took about one minute less than predicted when the craft was launched in January 2006. The spacecraft threaded the needle through a 36-by-57 mile (60 by 90 kilometers) window in space — the equivalent of a commercial airliner arriving no more off target ...
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 the close flyby of a Kuiper Belt object called 2014 MU69 – officially named Arrokoth – on January 1, 2019.
1 de jul. de 2015 · New Horizons is intended to pass within 6,200 miles of Pluto, at about 7:50 a.m. EDT on July 14. The spacecraft will have a relative velocity of 30,800 mph at its approach and will come as close as 17,000 miles to Pluto’s largest moon, Charon. “This is true exploration,” Stern said.
29 de sept. de 2023 · Launched on January 18, 2006, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft has helped scientists understand worlds at the edge of our solar system by visiting the dwarf planet Pluto (its primary mission) and then venturing farther out for a flyby of the Kuiper belt object Arrokoth, a double-lobed relic of the formation of our solar system, and other more remote observations of similar bodies.
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 the close flyby of a Kuiper Belt object called 2014 MU69 – officially named Arrokoth – on January 1, 2019.
14 de jul. de 2020 · And that was only the beginning. 1. Natural-color view of Pluto and its large moon Charon, compiled from images taken by NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft on July 13 and 14, 2015. 2. Illustration of Sputnik Planitia at Pluto. 3. Illustration of the interior structure of Sputnik Planitia at Pluto.
Hace 6 días · Spacecraft Overview. Image: NASA/JHU/SwRI. New Horizons is a Deep Space Exploration Mission operated by NASA, launched to study the Dwarf Planet Pluto and other icy objects in the Kuiper Belt. Launched in 2006, New Horizons set the record for the highest launch speed of a human-made object, entering a trajectory to escape the solar system, set ...
