<P> On July 14 , 2015 , at 11 : 49 UTC , it flew 12,500 km ( 7,800 mi ) above the surface of Pluto , making it the first spacecraft to explore the dwarf planet . On October 25 , 2016 , at 21 : 48 UTC , the last of the recorded data from the Pluto flyby was received from New Horizons . Having completed its flyby of Pluto , New Horizons has maneuvered for a flyby of Kuiper belt object ( 486958 ) 2014 MU 69 , expected to take place on January 1 , 2019 , when it will be 43.4 AU from the Sun . </P>
<P> On July 14 , 2015 , at 11 : 49 UTC , it flew 12,500 km ( 7,800 mi ) above the surface of Pluto , making it the first spacecraft to explore the dwarf planet . On October 25 , 2016 , at 21 : 48 UTC , the last of the recorded data from the Pluto flyby was received from New Horizons . Having completed its flyby of Pluto , New Horizons has maneuvered for a flyby of Kuiper belt object ( 486958 ) 2014 MU 69 , expected to take place on January 1 , 2019 , when it will be 43.4 AU from the Sun . </P>
when did the new horizons mission reach pluto
when did the new horizons mission reach pluto
July 14 , 2015
July 14 , 2015