New Horizons

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English: New Horizons is a NASA unmanned mission, which is expected to be the first to fly by and study Pluto and its moons, Charon, Nix and Hydra. NASA may also approve flybys of one or more other Kuiper Belt Objects.


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[edit] Images of New Horizons

REX subsystem

RALPH subsystem

LORRI subsystem

RTG in PHSF

RTG subsystem

SWAP subsystem

SDC subsystem

RTG subsystem

New Horizons on workstand

New Horizons

New Horizons encapsulation

New Horizons mission decal installation

New Horizons preped for launchpad transfer

New Horizons at launchpad

New Horizons at LC41 launch complex

New Horizons at LC41 launch complex

New Horizons launch

New Horizons launch

New Horizons launch

New Horizons launch

New Horizons launch
NASA TV - New Horizons Pluto Launch (January 19, 2006).ogg

Video of New Horizons launch

[edit] Images taken by New Horizons

asteroid 2002 JF56

Jupiter Flyby

Tvashtar volcano on Io

First Pluto sighting from New Horizons (September 21-24, 2006)

[edit] Artist concepts

Earlier artist concept of New Horizons' arrival to Pluto

Artist concept of New Horizons' arrival to Pluto

Artist concept of New Horizons spacecraft

Graphic of Pluto at clostest approach to Jupiter

[edit] Trajectories and diagrams

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New Horizons Trajectory.jpg
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