Mission record
New Horizons
NASA, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory · Launched
Explore trajectoryActive · Active
NASA's active New Horizons mission performed the first close exploration of Pluto and later flew past Arrokoth, the most distant object explored up close.
- Launch vehicle
- Atlas V 551
- Launch site
- Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 41
- Countries
- United States
- Mission types
- Flyby
Chronology
Mission timeline
Mission architecture
Vehicles
Trajectory record
Trajectory dataset not yet available
No verified trajectory dataset is committed for this mission, so Mission Atlas renders no path.
Provenance
Sources
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Data verified through August 22, 2026
- New Horizons — NASAMission page · Supports: mission claims · destination/body context · event claims
- Planet Sizes and Locations in Our Solar System — NASAOther · Supports: destination/body context