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New Horizons
After its historic Pluto flyby in 2015 and Arrokoth encounter in 2019, New Horizons continues exploring the Kuiper Belt. As of September 2025, the spacecraft is 5.7 billion miles from Earth and entered its longest hibernation period on August 7, 2025. It remains healthy and continues studying the outer solar system.
Mission Objectives
- Explore Kuiper Belt objects beyond Pluto
- Study interplanetary dust and solar wind in outer solar system
- Characterize Kuiper Belt environment
- Continue heliospheric studies
- Search for additional flyby targets