New Horizons

NASA/APL · Launched 2006-01-19 · Kuiper Belt, outbound

Gave humanity its first close look at Pluto in July 2015, then flew past the Kuiper Belt object Arrokoth on New Year's Day 2019 — the most distant flyby ever attempted. It continues outward through the Kuiper Belt, measuring the dust and plasma of the outer solar system.

Distance from Earth

64.29 AU

9,618,236,359 km · 8.91 light-hours each way

Last heard from

under an hour ago

Goldstone · DSS25

What we have observed

2026-08-02 04:46ZContact via Goldstone DSS25 · 22 min
2026-08-02 00:00Z64.294 AU from Earth · receding at 24.3 km/s
2026-08-02 00:00Z64.294 AU from Earth · receding at 24.3 km/s

Watching since 2026-08-02.

Elsewhere

NASA mission page
APL mission site