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== Observation and Exploration ==

== Observation and Exploration ==

On January 19, 2006, the [[New Horizons mission]] was launched. Lead investigator Alan Stern and his team collected one U.S. Customary [[ounce]] of the ashes of Clyde Tombaugh, sealed them in a canister, and installed this on the upper deck of the New Horizons probe. Alan Stern inscribed it thus:{{cquote|Interned herein are remains of American Clyde W. Tombaugh, discoverer of Pluto and the solar system's "third zone." Adelle and Muron's boy, Patricia's husband, Annette and Alden's father, astronomer, teacher, punster, and friend: Clyde W. Tombaugh (1906-1997).<ref name=CNN>Mullen J, "[http://www.cnn.com/2015/07/13/us/nasa-pluto-new-horizons-clyde-tombaugh-ashes/ Pluto discoverer's ashes are aboard New Horizons probe]," [[Cable News Network]]. Published 14 July 2015. Retrieved 5 August 2015.</ref>}}

On January 19, 2006, the [[New Horizons mission]] was launched. Lead investigator Alan Stern and his team collected one U.S. Customary [[ounce]] of the ashes of Clyde Tombaugh, sealed them in a canister, and installed this on the upper deck of the New Horizons probe. Alan Stern inscribed it thus:{{cquote|Interned herein are remains of American Clyde W. Tombaugh, discoverer of Pluto and the solar system's "third zone." Adelle and Muron's boy, Patricia's husband, Annette and Alden's father, astronomer, teacher, punster, and friend: Clyde W. Tombaugh (1906-1997).<ref name=CNN>Mullen J, "[https://www.cnn.com/2015/07/13/us/nasa-pluto-new-horizons-clyde-tombaugh-ashes/ Pluto discoverer's ashes are aboard New Horizons probe]," [[Cable News Network]]. Published 14 July 2015. Retrieved 5 August 2015.</ref>}}

Pluto is its prime target, but mission planners are considering plans to study at least one other [[Kuiper belt]] object.<ref name=Jenner>Jenner, Lynn. "[http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/newhorizons/main/index.html NASA - New Horizons]." [[National Aeronautics and Space Administration|NASA]], October 9, 2007. Accessed July 3, 2008.</ref><ref name=Talbert>[http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/newhorizons/main/index.html New Horizons official site], ed. Tricia Talbert/NASA. First accessed 10 July 2015.</ref>

Pluto is its prime target, but mission planners are considering plans to study at least one other [[Kuiper belt]] object.<ref name=Jenner>Jenner, Lynn. "[https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/newhorizons/main/index.html NASA - New Horizons]." [[National Aeronautics and Space Administration|NASA]], October 9, 2007. Accessed July 3, 2008.</ref><ref name=Talbert>[https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/newhorizons/main/index.html New Horizons official site], ed. Tricia Talbert/NASA. First accessed 10 July 2015.</ref>

On 15 January 2015, New Horizons began its final approach to Pluto. On 14 July 2015, New Horizons passed directly through the Plutonian system and took the best photographs of it to date. Mission controllers expect New Horizons to transmit its thousands of high-resolution photographs and other data by the end of 2016.

On 15 January 2015, New Horizons began its final approach to Pluto. On 14 July 2015, New Horizons passed directly through the Plutonian system and took the best photographs of it to date. Mission controllers expect New Horizons to transmit its thousands of high-resolution photographs and other data by the end of 2016.