January 19, 2022
On this date in 2006, the New Horizons spacecraft was launched, with the primary objective to explore Pluto and its moons. New Horizons reached Pluto in 2015, sending back the first detailed images of this object. In early 2019, New Horizons sent back images of the Kuiper Belt Object Arrokoth.
More information about the New Horizons mission may be found here: https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/newhorizons/main/index.html.
The New Horizons spacecraft flew by Pluto in 2015. Later in 2019, New Horizons flew by another Kuiper Belt object named 2014 MU69 or Arrokoth. Images credit: NASA/JHUAPL/SwRI
