when did the new horizons mission reach pluto
New Horizons On July 14, 2015, at 11:49 UTC, it flew 12,500 km (7,800 mi) above the surface of Pluto,[11][12] making it the first spacecraft to explore the dwarf planet.[7][13] On October 25, 2016, at 21:48 UTC, the last of the recorded data from the Pluto flyby was received from New Horizons.[14] Having completed its flyby of Pluto,[15] New Horizons has maneuvered for a flyby of Kuiper belt object (486958) 2014 MU69,[16][17][18] expected to take place on January 1, 2019, when it will be 43.4 AU from the Sun.[16][17]