2007-02-28 planetary flyby

New Horizons receives a Jupiter gravity assist

Category: Mission Operations and Milestones › Type: Flyby

Mission: New Horizons

New Horizons used a Jupiter encounter to accelerate toward Pluto.

2015-07-14 planetary flyby

New Horizons flies past Pluto

Category: Mission Operations and Milestones › Type: Flyby

Mission: New Horizons

New Horizons completed the first close-range reconnaissance of Pluto and its moons.

2019-01-01 planetary flyby

New Horizons flies past Arrokoth

Category: Mission Operations and Milestones › Type: Flyby

Mission: New Horizons

New Horizons explored the Kuiper Belt object Arrokoth at close range.

2024-10-01 mission operations

New Horizons reaches 60 astronomical units

New Horizons passed a heliocentric distance 60 times Earth’s average distance from the Sun.