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Spacecraft, New Horizons, Mock-up, model

New Horizons will be the first spacecraft to visit Pluto and the Kuiper Belt in the outer solar system. It was launched aboard an Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Base, Florida, on January 19, 2006, and conducted a Jupiter flyby 13 months later to gain further acceleration. New Horizons will make its closest approach to Pluto on July 14, 2015.

Type: MODELS-Uncrewed Spacecraft & Parts
Medium: Wood, mylar, and plastics
Department: NASM
Institution: National Air and Space Museum
Object number: nasm_A20080394000
Credit: Gift of John Hopkins University, Applied Physics Laboratory

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