The New Horizons mission is the first space exploration to the Pluto system and the Kuiper Belt. The spacecraft was launched on January 19, 2006 and started its decade-long journey across the solar system to reach Pluto in 2015 via a Jupiter gravity assist trajectory. Three trajectory correction maneuvers were performed during the cruise from Earth to Jupiter. On February 28, 2007, thirteen months after launch, New Horizons flew by Jupiter and successfully achieved the needed gravity assists and collected enormous amount of science data and images of Jupiter and its moons. It is now nearly 11 AU from the Sun and traveled beyond Saturn's orbit. With seven onboard instruments, New Horizons will conduct a reconnaissance exploration of Pluto, its half-sized moon, Charon, and its two newly discovered moons, Nix and Hydra, for the first time. After the Pluto encounter, New Horizons will continue to make a close flyby of one or more Kuiper Belt objects before reaching the distance of 50 AU from the Sun as an extended mission, upon approval by NASA. A review of New Horizons past flight trajectory since launch, current position, future trajectory, and the latest design of the Pluto encounter trajectory are described.
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