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A NASA probe launched in 2006 that performed the first close flyby of Pluto in July 2015, revealing an unexpectedly varied surface of nitrogen-ice plains and water-ice mountains. It went on to fly past the Kuiper Belt object Arrokoth in 2019, the most distant object ever explored up close.

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Spacecraft Type
Robotic space probe 1
Launch Date
2006-01-19 1
Manufacturer
Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) and Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) 2
Status
Operational; continuing outward through the Kuiper Belt. 1
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New Horizons Mission, Missions and Programs

New Horizons is the spacecraft that carried out this mission.

Source Wikipedia (space and spaceflight articles)
Pluto, Celestial Objects

Performed the first close flyby of Pluto, in July 2015.

Source NASA Solar System Exploration

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NASA, Space Agencies and Companies
Source NASA Solar System Exploration
Sources
1. NASA Solar System Exploration
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
2. Wikipedia (space and spaceflight articles)
Wikimedia FoundationNew Horizons, Wikipedia - lead section
Quote, New Horizons, Wikipedia - lead section
It was engineered by the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) and the Southwest Research Institute (SwRI), with a team led by Alan Stern.
2. Wikipedia (space and spaceflight articles)
Wikimedia FoundationAssociated With: New Horizons Mission, New Horizons, lead section
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