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New Horizons

A NASA spacecraft launched in 2006 to study Pluto, its moons, and other objects in the Kuiper Belt. It performed a historic flyby of Pluto on July 14, 2015, providing the first close-up images of the dwarf planet.

Source: nasa.gov

APODs including "New Horizons"

Charon Flyover from New Horizons

19/05/2025

Pluto Flyover from New Horizons

18/05/2025

A Plutonian Landscape

A Plutonian Landscape

15/05/2025

Pluto at Night

Pluto at Night

16/11/2024

Pluto in True Color

Pluto in True Color

28/01/2024

Northern Pluto

Northern Pluto

18/08/2023

Charon: Moon of Pluto

Charon: Moon of Pluto

03/06/2023

Pluto at Night

Pluto at Night

26/03/2022

Pluto in Enhanced Color

Pluto in Enhanced Color

01/08/2021

A Plutonian Landscape

A Plutonian Landscape

15/01/2021

Asteroid or Potato?

Asteroid or Potato?

01/04/2020

Passing Asteroid Arrokoth

18/11/2019