New Horizons receives a Jupiter gravity assist
Date as reported
New Horizons used a Jupiter encounter to accelerate toward Pluto.
- Category
- Mission Operations and Milestones
- Type
- Flyby
- Mission
- New Horizons
- Organization
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Destination
- planet
- Target body
- Jupiter
- Country
- US
Sources and attribution
- NASA — New Horizons (opens in a new tab) — Factual summary; source attribution retained.