Artist's Concept of New Horizons at Pluto
An artist's illustration of NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft as it approaches Pluto. Pluto's largest moon, Charon, hovers in the background.
July 13, 2015, New Horizons Image of Pluto
The New Horizons probe captured a sneak peak of gorgeous Pluto! According to the New Horizons social media team, this is the last and most detailed image of Pluto sent to Earth before the moment of closest approach - 7:49 a.m. EDT on July 14. Read the Full Story.
New Horizons Flight Controllers Celebrate
Flight controllers of New Horizons space probe react with jubilation after receiving confirmation that it had completed the historic flyby of Pluto successfully on July 14, 2015,
New Horizons Pluto Flyby Success Confirmed
New Horizons mission operations manager Alice Bowman (right) announces that the spacecraft survived its epic Pluto flyby on July 14, 2015, and is in good shape.
PLUTO: NOT YET EXPLORED
New Horizons Principal Investigator Alan Stern (left) and other researchers hold a print of a "corrected" U.S. stamp at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland. The New Horizons spacecraft flew past Pluto, July 14, 2015.
New Horizons Closest Approach to Pluto
At the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory in Maryland, over 1000 people gathered for New Horizons' historic flyby of Pluto on July 14, 2015. Principal Investigator Alan Stern faces the camera just left of center (partially obscured).
Stern Interviewed Following New Horizons Pluto Flyby
At the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory in Maryland, New Horizons Principal Investigator Alan Stern (center) is interviewed only moments after the Pluto probe made its historic flyby of the mysterious planet on July 14, 2015.
New Horizons Press Conference
At the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory in Maryland, a press conference was held after the New Horizons Pluto probe made its historic flyby on July 14, 2015.
Pluto's Size Determined
NASA’s New Horizons mission provided data measuring Pluto at 1,473 miles (2,370 kilometers) in diameter. Pluto's moon Charon is at left. Image obtained July 11, 2015.
Pluto, July 12, 2015
New Horizons captured this photo of Pluto on July 12, 2015 from a distance of 1.6 million miles (2.5 million kilometers).
Join our Space Forums to keep talking space on the latest missions, night sky and more! And if you have a news tip, correction or comment, let us know at: community@space.com.
