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Mission record

New Horizons

NASA, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory · Launched

Explore trajectory

Active · Active

NASA's active New Horizons mission performed the first close exploration of Pluto and later flew past Arrokoth, the most distant object explored up close.

Destinations
Launch vehicle
Atlas V 551
Launch site
Cape Canaveral, Fla. / Launch Complex 41
Countries
United States
Mission types
Flyby

Chronology

Mission timeline

  1. Launch

    New Horizons launched

    Earth

  2. Gravity assist

    Jupiter gravity assist

    Jupiter

  3. Flyby

    Pluto flyby

    Pluto

  4. Flyby

    Arrokoth flyby

    Arrokoth

  5. Milestone

    Awakened from its 321-day hibernation

    NASA reports flight controllers confirmed the spacecraft had safely awakened and resumed active operations.

Mission architecture

Vehicles

Trajectory record

Time-dependent navigation trajectory

Source states place the model at the selected time. Reconstructed flight, estimates, predictions and historical mission plans are identified by interval; gaps remain visible.

J2000 · Sun-centered display · positions interpolated between source states

Coverage: January 19, 2006 to December 31, 2035

Source records and sampling assumptions are retained with the repository data. Model attitude and surface appearance are illustrative.

  • New Horizons: Predicted · January 19, 2006 to December 31, 2035

Provenance

Sources

Each source is listed once and labeled with the mission, event, trajectory, or destination/body context it supports.

Data verified through October 4, 2026