It took over nine years for New Horizons to reach Pluto after blasting off atop an Atlas 5 rocket on Jan. 19, 2006. After ...

The first spacecraft to travel to Pluto, New Horizons will get close to, but not land on, the icy planet. On board the spacecraft are some of the cremated ashes of Tombaugh, who died in 1997.

The International Astronomical Union (IAU) has officially named 14 features on Pluto's surface. The various mountains, ridges and valleys have all been given titles that honor influential ...

Pluto features given first official names. ScienceDaily. Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2017 / 09 / 170907112411.htm. International Astronomical Union.

Pluto’s first official surface-feature names are marked on this map, compiled from images and data gathered by NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft during its flight through the Pluto system in 2015.

Alexandra Schwartz considers how we will name the surface features of Pluto, Charon, and the dwarf planet’s other moons after NASA’s New Horizons mission.

It was one of the most ambitious missions for NASA since the turn of the century, with photos reshaping what scientists know ...

image: Pluto's first official surface-feature names are marked on this map, compiled from images and data gathered by NASA's New Horizons spacecraft during its flight through the Pluto system in ...