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Bookmark or Share- New Horizons - WikipediaNew Horizons is an interplanetary space probe launched as a part of NASA's New Frontiers program.
- NASA’s Three-Billion-Mile Journey to Pluto Reaches Historic EncounterAfter a decade-long journey through our solar system, New Horizons made its closest approach to Pluto Tuesday, about 7,750 miles above the surface — roughly the same distance from New York to Mumbai, India – making it the first-ever space mission to explore a world so far from Earth.
- New Horizons : SpacecraftBy January 2019 (when New Horizons flew past Arrokoth) that supply decreased to about 190 watts at the same voltage, so New Horizons eased the strain on its limited power source by cycling science instruments during the encounter.
- Far beyond Pluto: What's next for NASA's New Horizons probe? - Space.comThe probe's lifetime is presently limited only by its nuclear fuel supply, which is likely sufficient to keep New Horizons flying through 2040. And NASA recently granted another mission extension...
- New Horizons - NASA ScienceNASA's New Horizons spacecraft was the first spacecraft to explore Pluto up close, flying by the dwarf planet and its moons on July 14, 2015. In early 2019, New Horizons flew past its second major science target – Arrokoth (2014 MU69), the most distant object ever explored up close.
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