After 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. One year ago, NASA’s New Horizons mission made history by exploring Pluto and its moons – giving humankind our first real look at this fascinating world on the frontier of our solar system. Shares. New close-up images of Pluto from NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft reveal a bewildering variety of surface features that have scientists reeling because of their range and complexity. New Horizons launched in 2006 and flies by Pluto in July 2015. By Space.com Staff 14 July 2015. This site is maintained by the Planetary Science Communications team at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and Goddard Space Flight Center for NASA’s Science Mission Directorate. Get the latest updates on NASA missions, watch NASA TV live, and learn about our quest to reveal the unknown and benefit all humankind. Photos of Pluto and Its Moons. NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft is at Pluto. NASA.gov brings you the latest images, videos and news from America's space agency.
See photos from NASA's New Horizons mission to explore the dwarf planet Pluto. When New Horizons reached Pluto, it took 4.5 hours for a one-way message to get there from Earth. The most recent high-resolution views of Pluto sent by NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft Target is Pluto (and available satellites) Go to PIAxxxxx: Refine this list of images by: …