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When did the first spacecraft successfully visit Pluto?
Quick Answer
NASA’s New Horizons became the first spacecraft to fly by Pluto on 14 July 2015.
The Full Story
New Horizons made its historic flyby of Pluto on 14 July 2015, becoming the first spacecraft to visit the dwarf planet. The mission revealed Pluto’s heart-shaped ice plain, mountains of water ice and a surprisingly active surface. Before New Horizons, Pluto was just a distant point of light through telescopes. The encounter transformed Pluto from a blur into a complex world with glaciers, hazes and diverse terrain.
Key Facts
1.14 July 2015
2.New Horizons flyby
3.first close-up Pluto images
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