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10th Anniversary of New Horizons Launch (2006)
January 19, 2016
(Photo by NASA/Kim Shiflett)
The New Horizons spacecraft launched aboard an Atlas V rocket on this day 10 years ago.
After nearly a decade in transit, New Horizons reached its goal on July 14, 2015 as it made its closest approach/flyby of Pluto.
* Official New Horizons mission homepage
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