New Horizons

E15788

NASA spacecraft space probe

New Horizons is a NASA space probe best known for its historic flyby of Pluto and exploration of the outer regions of the solar system.

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	NASA spacecraft → space probe →
achieved	first close-up images of Pluto and its moons → first spacecraft flyby of Pluto →
ArrokothFlybyDate	2019-01-01 →
closestApproachToPlutoDistance	about 12,500 km →
communicationBand	X-band →
communicationSystem	high-gain antenna →
enteredKuiperBelt	2015 →
flybyOf	Arrokoth → Charon → Pluto →
heliocentricOrbit	escape trajectory from the Solar System →
instrument	Alice → LORRI → PEPSSI → REX → Ralph → SDC → SWAP →
JupiterFlybyDate	2007-02-28 →
launchComplex	Space Launch Complex 41 →
launchDate	2006-01-19 →
launchSite	Cape Canaveral Air Force Station →
launchVehicle	Atlas V 551 →
location	outer region of the Solar System →
manufacturer	Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory → Southwest Research Institute →
massAtLaunch	approximately 478 kg →
missionObjective	study Kuiper Belt objects → study Pluto and its moons → study the outer heliosphere →
missionPhase	extended mission in Kuiper Belt →
missionType	flyby mission → planetary science mission →
operator	NASA →
PlutoFlybyDate	2015-07-14 →
powerSource	radioisotope thermoelectric generator →
primaryTarget	Charon → Pluto →
principalInvestigator	Alan Stern →
program	New Frontiers program →
secondaryTarget	Kuiper Belt object Arrokoth →
spaceAgency	NASA →
spacecraftBus	APL New Horizons bus →
status	operational →
trajectory	Jupiter gravity assist →

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Kuiper Belt object ("New Horizons spacecraft") → Pluto →	visitedBy
The Pluto Files ("New Horizons mission") →	about
Jupiter ("New Horizons spacecraft (flyby)") →	hasExploredBy
Galilean moons →	haveBeenVisitedBy
NASA spacecraft →	includes
NASA →	launchedMission
Cape Canaveral LC-41 ("New Horizons Pluto mission") →	notableLaunch
Deep Space Network →	notableMissionSupported
Juno ("New Horizons spacecraft") →	relatedMission
The Orville →	season3Subtitle
Centaur ("New Horizons mission") →	usedForMission
RAD750 ("NASA New Horizons spacecraft") →	usedInMission
RTG ("New Horizons spacecraft") →	usedOn