New Horizons Flyby
NASA's New Horizons is the first spacecraft to explore Pluto up close. Use the resources below to make the most out of this historic event - humankind's first close up view of this cold, unexplored world in our solar system.
New Horizons ...
- is the fastest space mission ever launched
- traveled the farthest to reach its primary science target
- is the first mission to Pluto and the Kuiper Belt
- NASA New Horizons News
- Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory New Horizons News
- NASA TV Coverage
- Weekly post-encounter broadcasts begin 21 July - 11 August 2015
- Flyby Simulation: Eyes on the Solar System
Find Events Near You
Watch Online or on NASA TV
- NASA TV
- Pluto Encounter NASA Televised Events Plan
(as of June 24, 2015, All Times Eastern Daylight Time | Events and times subject to change)
- Join the conversation:
- @NASANewHorizons (Twitter)
- New Horizons (Facebook)
- Video Channel (YouTube)
- Archived Reddit New Horizons Team AMA | 4 Feb 2015
- Archived Google Hangout Countdown to Pluto! | 19 June 2015
About the Mission
- New Horizons Pluto Flyby Press Kit - July 2015
- The Year of Pluto Documentary
- NASA New Horizons Mission Homepage
- Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory New Horizons Homepage
- NASA New Horizons Fact Sheet
- Johns Hopkins New Horizons Fact Sheet
- Mission Guide
What's Up Podcasts - Pluto
Skilled observers should be able to spot Pluto with a telescope in dark skies.
- What's Up - June 2015: The dwarf planet Pluto, largest of the Kuiper Belt objects, will be near the moon on Friday 5 June 2015.
- What's Up - July 2015
Why isn't Pluto Considered a Planet Anymore?
The dwarf planet debate continues:
- What is a Planet?
- What is a Planet? Video
- Space Shorts: What is a Dwarf Planet?
- Is Pluto a Planet?: An alternate view.
More on Pluto & the Kuiper Belt^
- Pluto in a Minute Series
- About Pluto
- What We Currently Know About Pluto
- About Dwarf Planets
- About the Kuiper Belt
Pluto For Youth
- How to Make NASA's Pluto Flyby a 'Teachable Moment'
- New Horizons Educator Guide
- Pluto Bookmark / Ruler (PDF, 847 KB)
More Missions Studying Pluto
NASA's New Horizons will have the support of other spacecraft during its historic Pluto flyby, with observations from their outposts across the solar system.