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New Horizons: NASA's Pluto-Kuiper Belt Mission

Mission Elapsed Time Beginning 19 January 2006, 19:00:00 UTC
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Pluto Closest Encounter Operations Begin 12 April 2015, 00:00:00 UTC
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Pluto Closest Approach 14 July 2015, 11:59:00 UTC
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November 12, 2009
New Horizons Roused for Long-Distance Checkup

Call it a burst of activity between naps: the New Horizons team woke its Pluto-bound spacecraft from hibernation this week for some onboard housekeeping. +Read More

September 8, 2009
New Horizons Hits Halfway Mark Between Saturn, Uranus Orbits

New Horizons sails silently today through another milestone on the way to its historic reconnaissance of the Pluto system, reaching the halfway point between the orbits of Saturn and Uranus. +Read More

September 2, 2009
The PI’s Perspective: Science Never Sleeps

Mission Principal Investigator Alan Stern reviews the last spacecraft checkout, and offers a brief look at what’s in store for the New Horizons team (and spacecraft) this fall. +Read More

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Nov 21, 2009
NewHorizons2015: Tracking data indicates that it is still looking like we'll need a tiny course correction this coming summer when we do our annual checkout.

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