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'''New Horizons''' is a NASA mission to explore [[Pluto]] and other distant objects in the Solar System. The spacecraft was launched in 2006 and passed [[Jupiter]] in March 2007<ref>http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/newhorizons/news/nh_jupiter_oct09.html</ref>. As of September 2008 it has passed beyond [[Saturn|Saturn's]] orbit <ref>http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/mission/whereis_nh.php</ref>, and is expected to reach Pluto in 2015.
'''New Horizons''' is a NASA mission to explore [[Pluto]] and other distant objects in the Solar System. The spacecraft was launched in 2006 and passed [[Jupiter]] in March 2007<ref>http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/newhorizons/news/nh_jupiter_oct09.html</ref>. In September 2008 it has passed beyond [[Saturn|Saturn's]] orbit <ref>http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/mission/whereis_nh.php</ref>.
It is the first mission ever launched to explore Pluto. The mission's primary objectives are to study the structure of Pluto and its moon Charon, and learn about their soil and atmospheres. It will also study the [[Kuiper Belt]].
In June of 2015, New Horizons passed through the system of Pluto and its five moons. It sent back the first detailed photographs of this object since its discovery. It also sent back many false-color photographs, including one NASA simply cannot or will not explain: frozen [[carbon monoxide]] in a prominent plain on the surface.
It is the first mission ever launched to explore Pluto. In its passage it made extensive observations of Pluto and its five moons. It will also study the [[Kuiper Belt]]. Mission planners still hope to steer it toward at least one other Kuiper belt object for a similar reconnaissance.
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