St. Louis Science Center: Astronomy Fact Of The Day: January 19, 2022

St. Louis MO

20 January, 2022

9:31 AM

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Press release from St. Louis Science Center: January 19, 2022 On this date in 2006, the New Horizons spacecraft was launched, with the primary objective to explore Pluto and its moons. New Horizons reached Pluto in 2015, sending back the first detailed images of this object. In early 2019, New Horizons sent back images of the Kuiper Belt Object Arrokoth. This press release was produced by St. Louis Science Center. The views expressed here are the author's own.