New Horizons will be the first spacecraft to visit Pluto and the Kuiper Belt in the outer solar system. It was launched aboard an Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Base, Florida, on January 19, 2006, and conducted a Jupiter flyby 13 months later to gain further acceleration. New Horizons will make its closest approach to Pluto on July 14, 2015. Created by Eric Long Date Created 11/20/2017 Source Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum Keywords Exploration; Jupiter; Models; Planetary; Pluto; Science; Solar System; Space Rights and Restrictions CC0
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