New Horizons - Wikipedia
New Horizons received a gravity assist from Jupiter, with its closest approach at 05:43:40 UTC on February 28, 2007, when it was 2.3 million kilometers (1.4 million miles) from Jupiter. The flyby increased New Horizons ' speed by 4 km/s (14,000 km/h; 9,000 mph), accelerating the probe to a velocity of 23 km/s (83,000 km/h; 51,000 mph) relative ...
New Horizons - NASA Science
Jan 19, 2006 · New Horizons is a NASA mission to study the dwarf planet Pluto, its moons, and other objects in the Kuiper Belt, a region of the solar system that extends from about 30 AU, near the orbit of Neptune, to about 50 AU from the Sun.
New Horizons Jupiter Encounter Timeline - The Planetary Society
Jan 31, 2007 · On February 28 the spacecraft will approach to within 2.3 million kilometers (1.4 million miles) of Jupiter before speeding along on to its way to the edge of the solar system. During the flyby, New Horizons will conduct around 700 separate observations of the giant planet.
Pluto-Bound New Horizons Provides New Look at Jupiter System
May 1, 2007 · WASHINGTON – NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft has provided new data on the Jupiter system, stunning scientists with never-before-seen perspectives of the giant planet’s atmosphere, rings, moons and magnetosphere.
New Horizons | Discoveries & Facts | Britannica
Nov 8, 2024 · New Horizons was launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on January 19, 2006, and flew past Jupiter on February 28, 2007, for a gravitational boost on its long journey. During the flyby the spacecraft made observations of Jupiter and its moons and ring system.
New Horizons examines Jupiter | Astronomy.com
Oct 9, 2007 · New Horizons is now about halfway between the orbits of Jupiter and Saturn, more than 743 million miles (1.19 billion kilometers) from Earth. It will fly past Pluto and its moons in July 2015...
Timeline of New Horizons - Wikipedia
Timeline for the New Horizons interplanetary space probe lists the significant events of the launch, transition phases as well as subsequent significant operational mission events; by date and brief description.
Where is the New Horizons Spacecraft right now? - The Planets …
During the fly-by New Horizons was able to study Jupiter's atmosphere and faint ring system in detail including imaging "the little red spot" in more detail than ever before.
NASA Spacecraft Sees Changes in Jupiter System - NASA
Oct 9, 2007 · LAUREL, Md. – NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft provided a new bird’s-eye view of the dynamic Jupiter system as it traveled through the planet’s orbit on Feb. 28. New Horizons used Jupiter’s gravity to boost its speed and shave three years off its trip to Pluto.
JPL Science: New Horizons
After an eight-year cruise from Jupiter across the expanse of the solar system, New Horizons will conduct a five-month-long study of Pluto and its three moons in 2015, characterizing their global geology and geomorphology, mapping their surface compositions and temperatures, and examining Pluto'satmospheric composition and structure.