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19 gen 2006 · New Horizons is a NASA mission to study the dwarf planet Pluto, its moons, and other objects in the Kuiper Belt, a region of the solar system that extends from about 30 AU, near the orbit of Neptune, to about 50 AU from the Sun.
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- NASA New Horizons to Continue Exploring Outer Solar System
New Horizons è una sonda spaziale sviluppata dalla NASA per l'esplorazione di Plutone e del suo satellite Caronte. Il lancio è avvenuto il 19 gennaio 2006 dalla base di Cape Canaveral e il sorvolo di Plutone ha avuto luogo il 14 luglio 2015, alle 13:49:57 ora italiana.
- Sorvoli di Plutone e di MU₆₉ avvenuti con successo
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29 set 2023 · NASA has announced an updated plan to extend New Horizons' mission of exploration of the outer solar system, focusing on gathering heliophysics data and searching for a Kuiper Belt object flyby candidate. The spacecraft, launched in 2006, has visited Pluto and Arrokoth, and will exit the Kuiper Belt in 2028-2029.
Beginning in 2025, New Horizons will focus on specific heliophysics data, as stated by NASA in September 2023. It will remain available for a flyby of a different target until it leaves the Kuiper belt in 2028, which is when NASA expects to cease operations.
- January 19, 2006, 19:00:00.221 UTC
- Primary mission: 9.5 years, Elapsed: 17 years, 7 months, 29 days
- 478 kg (1,054 lb)
15 apr 2021 · New Horizons is the fifth spacecraft to reach 50 astronomical units from the Sun, joining Voyagers 1 and 2 in interstellar space. The spacecraft recently photographed Voyager 1's location from the Kuiper Belt, where it is exploring distant objects and planets.
11.2K subscribers • 55 videos. NASA's New Horizons mission is designed to help us understand worlds at the edge of our solar system by making the first reconnaissance of Pluto and Charon - a ...
With a boost from a Boeing STAR-48 solid-propellant third stage, New Horizons sped away from Earth at 36,000 miles per hour - the fastest spacecraft ever launched. It's primary mission is to execute the first flyby study of Pluto and its moons, Charon, Nix and Hydra.
