New Horizons
space probe · first to Pluto
~65 AU from the Sun
Flew past Pluto in 2015 and the icy Kuiper-belt object Arrokoth in 2019, and is still heading out of the Solar System.
- 65 AU out · 14 km/s · the size of a grand piano, powered by plutonium
Numbers that change with time are from 8 November 2026.
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- human-made craft
More human-made craft
- Voyager 2 space probe
- Voyager 1 space probe
- Starman and the Tesla Roadster a car in orbit round the Sun
- James Webb Space Telescope infrared space telescope at Sun-Earth L2
- Hubble Space Telescope space telescope
- International Space Station crewed space station
- Crew Dragon capsule for crew and cargo
- Falcon Heavy rocket