New Horizons

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New Horizons
Probe Information
Launched On	January 19, 2006
Launched By	NASA
Probe Suggested By	Alan Stern
Mission End Date	2035-2040
Diameter	2.2 meters
Mission Data
Primary Target	Pluto (2015)
Other Objects Encountered	132524 APL (2006) Jupiter (2007) Arrokoth (2019)

New Horizons is a spacecraft that was launched in 2006 by NASA, and is currently in the kuiper belt. The main mission was to get to Pluto in 2015, and then Arrokoth in 2019.

Instruments

• ALICE
• Ralph
• Radio Science Experiment (REX)
• Long Range Reconnaissance Imager (LORRI)
• Solar Wind Around Pluto (SWAP)
• Pluto Energetic Particle Spectrometer Science Investigation (PEPSSI)
• Venetia Burney Student Dust Counter (SDC)

Timeline (W.I.P)

• November 2001 - New Horizons is accepted by NASA as a part of the New Frontiers program.
• January 19, 2006 - Launch Date
• June 13, 2006 - Flyby of APL
• February 28, 2007 - Flyby of Jupiter
• July 13, 2015 - Flyby of Pluto
• January 1, 2019 - Flyby of Arrokoth
• 2020s to 2030s - Possible 3rd KBO flyby
• 2035 to 2040 - Mission End

History

Before 2000, multiple concepts for flybys of Pluto were made, such as The Pluto Kuiper Express, however all of them were rejected or became too expensive. New Horizons was eventually selected in November 2001, and was eventually launched in January of 2006. It flew by APL in 2006, and Jupiter in 2007, and soon passed Pluto in 2015. Arrokoth was also flew by in 2019.

Images taken by New Horizons

APL

Jupiter

Moons of Jupiter

Pluto

Charon

Other moons of Pluto

Arrokoth

Probe Gallery

Artist’s impression of New Horizons over Pluto.

The components of New Horizons.