Pluto Gets First Official Feature Names

New Horizons Kuiper Belt Extended Mission: MU69 Occultation Campaign

Over six weeks and two continents, the New Horizons mission team got a rare preview of its next flyby target – a small Kuiper Belt object named 2014 MU69 – and a valuable chance to gather some critical encounter-planning information.

Read more »
 View LORRI Images from the Pluto Encounter »

Where Is New Horizons? »

Calculating distance...

Distance updated each minute.

Solar System Distance Calculator

Science Photo Gallery

2014 MU69 Flyby

Mission Elapsed Time

Beginning 19 January 2006, 19:00:00 UTC

Latest News »

December 21, 2017

New Horizons Enters Last Hibernation Period Before Kuiper Belt Encounter

New Horizons spacecraft has entered its last hibernation phase before its January 2019 encounter with Kuiper Belt object 2014 MU69.

December 12, 2017

AGU Fall Meeting: New Horizons Explores the Kuiper Belt

The New Horizons team briefed the media at the 2017 AGU Fall Meeting in New Orleans, covering key elements of the Kuiper Belt extended mission.

View News Archives »
Stay Connected
Media Programming »
Loading the player ...
View Broadcast Archives »