New Horizons Pictures. As the first spacecraft to visit Pluto and its moon Charon, New Horizons looks to unlock one of the solar system's last, great planetary secrets. After launch aboard an Atlas V, the New Horizons spacecraft will cross the entire span of the solar system and conduct flyby studies of Pluto and its moon, Charon, in 2015. These pictures show the seven science instruments on the piano-sized probe which will shed light on the bodies' surface properties, geology, interior makeup and atmospheres.
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