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The New Horizons mission is an active NASA space probe studying the outer solar system. Launched in 2006, it achieved a historic flyby of Pluto in 2015 providing unprecedented images and data about the dwarf planet’s surface and atmosphere. Subsequently, New Horizons conducted a close encounter with Arrokoth, a Kuiper Belt object, furthering our understanding of these distant celestial bodies. This mission is valuable for planetary scientists and astronomers seeking to learn more about the formation and evolution of our solar system.
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New Horizons ranks #21 of 212 in the Space Mission ranking, behind Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity, ahead of Apollo 17.
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