List of ''New Horizons'' topics is a list of topics related to the '' New Horizons'' spacecraft, an unmanned space probe launched 2006 to Pluto and beyond. On January 19, 2006 it was launched directly into a solar-escape trajectory at from Cape Canaveral using an Atlas V version with 5 SRBs and Star 48B thirdstage . ''New Horizons'' passed the Moon's orbit in just nine hours. * 132524 APL, Distant observation target *

15810 Arawn 15810 Arawn, provisional designation , is a trans-Neptunian object (TNO) from the inner regions of the Kuiper belt, approximately in diameter. It belongs to the plutinos, the largest class of resonant TNOs. It was named after Arawn, the ruler of ...

(1994 JR1), Distant observation target * 2011 HM102, Neptune Trojan considered as an observation target * 2011 KW48, distant observation target * 2014 MT69, former candidate for ''New Horizons'' flyby. * 2014 OS393, former potential flyby target * 2014 PN70, former potential flyby target *

486958 Arrokoth Arrokoth (minor-planet designation 486958 Arrokoth; provisional designation ), formerly nicknamed Ultima Thule, is a trans-Neptunian object located in the Kuiper belt. Arrokoth became the farthest and most primitive object in the Solar System ...

, flyby on New Year's Day 2019 * Alice (spacecraft instrument), one of seven major instruments on ''New Horizons'' * Alice Bowman, ''New Horizons'' staff * AJ-60A, solid rocket booster of which five were used in the ''New Horizons'' launch. *

Atlas V Atlas V is an expendable launch system and the fifth major version in the Atlas launch vehicle family. It was originally designed by Lockheed Martin, now being operated by United Launch Alliance (ULA), a joint venture between Lockheed Mart ...

, ''New Horizons'' launch vehicle *

Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 41 Space Launch Complex 41 (SLC-41), previously Launch Complex 41 (LC-41), is an active launch site at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. As of 2020, the site is used by United Launch Alliance (ULA) for Atlas V launches. Previously, it had been use ...

, launch site *

Centaur (rocket stage) The Centaur is a family of rocket propelled upper stages produced by U.S. launch service provider United Launch Alliance, with one main active version and one version under development. The diameter Common Centaur/Centaur III flies as the up ...

, ''New Horizons'' upper stage *

Charon (moon) Charon ( or ), known as (134340) Pluto I, is the largest of the five known natural satellites of the dwarf planet Pluto. It has a mean radius of . Charon is the sixth-largest known trans-Neptunian object after Pluto, Eris, Haumea, Makemake ...

, Pluto's big moon *

Common Core Booster The Common Core Booster (CCB) is an American rocket stage, which is used as the first stage of the Atlas V rocket as part of its modular design. It was also intended that two additional CCBs would be used as boosters on the Atlas V Heavy, howeve ...

, part of ''New Horizons'' first stage launcher *

Clyde Tombaugh Clyde William Tombaugh (February 4, 1906 January 17, 1997) was an American astronomer. He discovered Pluto in 1930, the first object to be discovered in what would later be identified as the Kuiper belt. At the time of discovery, Pluto was cons ...

, discovered Pluto in 1930 from Lowell Observatory *

Kirk (crater) Kirk Crater is the unofficial name given to a small crater on Pluto's largest moon Charon. The crater was discovered by the ''New Horizons'' space probe in 2015 during its flyby of Pluto and its moons. It was named after the character James T. Kirk ...

* Kuiper belt, region from about 30-60 AU ''New Horizons'' explores * Lisa Hardaway, ''New Horizons'' staff *

Long Range Reconnaissance Imager Long Range Reconnaissance Imager (LORRI) is a telescope aboard the ''New Horizons'' spacecraft for imaging. LORRI has been used to image Jupiter, its moons, Pluto and its moons, and Arrokoth since its launch in 2006. LORRI is a reflecting telescope ...

, one of seven major instruments on ''New Horizons'' *

GPHS-RTG GPHS-RTG or general-purpose heat source — radioisotope thermoelectric generator, is a specific design of the radioisotope thermoelectric generator (RTG) used on US space missions. The GPHS-RTG was used on ''Ulysses'' (1), ''Galileo'' (2), ' ...

, electrical and thermal heat source of ''New Horizons'' *

Interplanetary dust cloud The interplanetary dust cloud, or zodiacal cloud (as the source of the zodiacal light), consists of cosmic dust (small particles floating in outer space) that pervades the space between planets within planetary systems, such as the Solar System ...

Interplanetary medium The interplanetary medium (IPM) or interplanetary space consists of the mass and energy which fills the Solar System The Solar System Capitalization of the name varies. The International Astronomical Union, the authoritative body regarding ...

, studied during Hibernation *

Mongoose-V The Mongoose-V 32-bit microprocessor for spacecraft onboard computer applications is a radiation-hardened and expanded 10–15 MHz version of the MIPS R3000 CPU. Mongoose-V was developed by Synova of Melbourne, Florida, USA, with support from ...

, CPU in ''New Horizons'' *

NASA Deep Space Network The NASA Deep Space Network (DSN) is a worldwide network of American spacecraft communication ground segment facilities, located in the United States (California), Spain (Madrid), and Australia (Canberra), that supports NASA's interplanetary ...

, for ''New Horizons'' Earth radio communications * Nasreddin (crater) *

New Frontiers program The New Frontiers program is a series of space exploration missions being conducted by NASA with the purpose of furthering the understanding of the Solar System. The program selects medium-class missions which can provide high science returns. ...

, NASA parent program of ''New Horizons'' *''

New Horizons 2 ''New Horizons 2'' (also ''New Horizons II'', NHII, or NH2) was a proposed mission to the trans-Neptunian objects by NASA. It was conceived as a planetary flyby mission in 2002, based on the ''New Horizons'' spacecraft, which was in development ...

'', design study for twin * Organa (crater) *

Pluto Pluto (minor-planet designation: 134340 Pluto) is a dwarf planet in the Kuiper belt, a ring of bodies beyond the orbit of Neptune. It is the ninth-largest and tenth-most-massive known object to directly orbit the Sun. It is the largest ...

, primary target of ''New Horizons'' * Pluto Energetic Particle Spectrometer Science Investigation, one of seven major instruments on ''New Horizons'' *

Ralph Ralph (pronounced ; or ,) is a male given name of English, Scottish and Irish origin, derived from the Old English ''Rædwulf'' and Radulf, cognate with the Old Norse ''Raðulfr'' (''rað'' "counsel" and ''ulfr'' "wolf"). The most common forms ...

, one of seven major instruments on ''New Horizons'' * REX, one of seven major instruments on ''New Horizons'' *

Daniel Sarokon Daniel Sarokon (January 27, 1927 - January 1, 2006) was a NASA Launch Conductor, described as 'one of the most influential people in the history of space travel. His first launch was that of the Moon probe Surveyor 1 Surveyor 1 was the first lu ...

, NASA employee honored at ''New Horizons'' launch *

Star 48B The Star 48 is the largest of a family of solid rocket motors used by many space propulsion and launch vehicle stages. It is used almost exclusively as an upper stage. It was developed primarily by Thiokol Propulsion and is now, after several m ...

, ''New Horizons'' 3rd stage *

Alan Stern Sol Alan Stern (born November 22, 1957) is an American engineer and planetary scientist. He is the principal investigator of the ''New Horizons'' mission to Pluto and the Chief Scientist at Moon Express. Stern has been involved in 24 suborbita ...

, ''New Horizons'' staff *

SWAP Swap or SWAP may refer to: Finance * Swap (finance), a derivative in which two parties agree to exchange one stream of cash flows against another * Barter Science and technology * Swap (computer programming), exchanging two variables in t ...

, one of seven major instruments on ''New Horizons'' * Tvashtar Paterae *

Vader (crater) Vader is the unofficial name given to a dark crater on Pluto's largest moon Charon. The crater was discovered by NASA's ''New Horizons'' space probe on its way by Pluto. It was named after Darth Vader from the ''Star Wars'' media franchise. See a ...

, crater observed by ''New Horizons'' *

Venetia Burney Student Dust Counter The Venetia Burney Student Dust Counter (VBSDC) is a scientific instrument aboard the unmanned '' New Horizons'' space probe that is designed to detect dust impacts in outer space. VBSDC is the first planetary science instrument to be built by st ...

, one of seven major instruments on ''New Horizons'' * Venetia Burney, ''New Horizons'' instrument honorific, Burney proposed Pluto's name in 1930

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