Pluto and Its Moons

New Horizons’ Long-Range Reconnaissance Imager (LORRI) captured this image (A) of Pluto’s moons Nix and Hydra. It is one of a series of images taken from January 27 to February 8, 2015, at distances ranging from about 201 to 186 million kilometers (125 to 115 million miles). 

On April 9, 2015, New Horizons’ Ralph color imager took this image (B) of Pluto and its largest moon, Charon. It is the first color image of the Pluto system captured by a spacecraft on approach. It was taken from a distance of about 115 million kilometers (71 million miles). 

As New Horizons gets closer to Pluto, the spacecraft will return sharper, detailed images of the dwarf planet and its system of at least five moons.