Timeline event · 14 July 2015 · The New Space Era
New Horizons Flies Past Pluto
After a nine-year journey, New Horizons sweeps past Pluto, revealing an astonishingly varied world and completing the first reconnaissance of the classical Solar System.
Highlights
- ›The first close-up of Pluto
Missions, people & worlds
Knowledge connections
- Part ofThe New Space Era
- Associated withPluto
- Associated withNew Horizons
Sources
The primary and reference sources this topic draws on.
- NASANational Aeronautics and Space Administration
Mission data, planetary science, space telescopes, and public-domain imagery.
Most NASA-produced imagery is in the public domain; individual items are checked for usage terms before publication.