Discover the incredible story of NASA's New Horizons mission, from its 2006 launch aboard an Atlas V rocket to its historic ...

The call everyone was waiting for is in. NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft phoned home just before 9 p.m. EDT Tuesday to tell the mission team and the world it had accomplished the historic first-ever ...

For decades, Pluto remained one of the most mysterious objects in our solar system, until July 14, 2015, when NASA's New Horizons spacecraft became the first mission to visit it up close, capturing ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — It’s official: NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft has gotten humanity’s first up-close look at Pluto. The spacecraft sent word of its triumph Tuesday across 3 billion miles to ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. This high-resolution image captured by NASA's New Horizons spacecraft combines blue, red and ...

Clyde Tombaugh noticed a speck of light that was Pluto in 1930. — -- Clyde Tombaugh is finally getting to visit the speck of light he spotted at the edge of the solar system in 1930. New Horizons ...

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- NASA just received a signal back from New Horizons, confirming a successful first flyby of Pluto. Euphoria broke out at NASA as Pluto is now the most distant object reached by ...

The next target for NASA’s New Horizons mission — which made a historic flight past Pluto in July 2015 — apparently bears a colorful resemblance to its famous, main destination. Hubble Space Telescope ...

(MEDIA GENERAL) – As NASA spacecraft New Horizons continues its way through space, scientists and science enthusiasts have taken to social media to express their feelings on Tuesday’s historic Pluto ...

Experience the breathtaking flyby of Pluto as New Horizons transforms our understanding of the solar system Witness ice mountains taller than the Alps vast plains and a heart-shaped formation that cap ...

On Tuesday, July 14th of 2015, NASA's New Horizons spacecraft made its closest encounter with Pluto after a near-decade trek through our solar system. Clyde Tombaugh first discovered Pluto in February ...