New Horizons
Uncharted territory ahead
New Horizons is a NASA spacecraft launched in 2006 that conducted the first flyby of Pluto in 2015, returning detailed images of the dwarf planet and its moons.
The mission continued into the Kuiper Belt, passing the distant object Arrokoth in 2019.
The phrase also appears in general usage for fresh starts or opportunities: The promotion opened new horizons for her career.
Minor spherical solar orbiter
- CharonMythical underworld ferryman
- methaneSimplest alkane fuel
- heartCirculatory system's pump
- HydraMulti-headed mythical serpent
Styx · geology · atmosphere · haze · mountains · plains · reddish · closest approach
Thorough examination or tool
- flybyClose pass without landing
- trajectoryPath of moving object
- launchSet into motion
- 2006Specific calendar year
interplanetary · thruster · antenna · telemetry · downlink · hibernation · plutonium · radioisotope
Act of finding something
- frontierEdge of settlement
- pioneerEarly explorer or settler
- unchartedNot yet documented
- farthestMost distant point
first · reconnaissance · encounter · historic · milestone · data · images · mapping
Robotic spacecraft research facility
- Johns HopkinsBaltimore research university
- RalphMale given name
- AliceCommon female name
- mission controlEarth-based space operations hub
Strap securing trousers
- trans-NeptunianBeyond the eighth planet
- snowmanHuman figure from precipitation
- primordialExisting from the start
- distantFar away or aloof
dwarf planet
Minor spherical solar orbiter
Hydra · Styx · geology · atmosphere · haze · mountains · plains · reddish · closest approach
probe
Thorough examination or tool
- flybyClose pass without landing
- trajectoryPath of moving object
- launchSet into motion
2006 · interplanetary · thruster · antenna · telemetry · downlink · hibernation · plutonium · radioisotope · navigation
discovery
Act of finding something
farthest · first · reconnaissance · encounter · historic · milestone · data · images · mapping · observations
JPL
Robotic spacecraft research facility
- Johns HopkinsBaltimore research university
- RalphMale given name
- AliceCommon female name
belt
Strap securing trousers
- trans-NeptunianBeyond the eighth planet
- snowmanHuman figure from precipitation
- primordialExisting from the start
- NASAApollo, Artemis, astronauts, Cape Canaveral, Hubble
- space explorationrockets, Saturn V, satellites, mission, Falcon Heavy
- Space HistoryApollo 11, moon landing, Sputnik, Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin
- spacecraftspacecraft, starships, spaceship, Voyager 1, rocket ships
- space probesVoyager 1, Voyager 2, Cassini, Galileo, Juno
- 2015 NewsParis attacks, Charlie Hebdo, refugee crisis, migrant crisis, San Bernardino
New Horizonscomfort zone
Psychological ease boundary
routine · beaten path · dead ends · closed doors · stagnation
New Horizonsthe past
All elapsed time
yesterday · ancient history · hindsight · retrospection · nostalgia
news, horizon, newspaper, newcomer, newness, newbie, newsletter, newfangled, horizons