Which body and its moons were visited and studied by the New Horizons probe in July?
New Horizons course-correcting engine maneuvers that would precisely modify the trajectory of "New Horizons" to aim the approach. On January 15, 2015, NASA gave a brief update of the timeline of the approach and departure phases. On February 12, 2015, NASA released new images of Pluto (taken from January 25 to 31) from the approaching probe. "New Horizons" was more than away from Pluto when it began taking the photos, which showed Pluto and its largest moon, Charon. The exposure time was too short to see Pluto's smaller, much fainter, moons. Investigators compiled a series of images of the moons Nix and
New Horizons leave the Solar System. On January 19, 2006, "New Horizons" was launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station by an Atlas V rocket directly into an Earth-and-solar escape trajectory with a speed of about . At launch, it was the fastest probe ever launched from Earth, but was beaten by the Parker Solar Probe on 12 August 2018. After a brief encounter with asteroid 132524 APL, "New Horizons" proceeded to Jupiter, making its closest approach on February 28, 2007, at a distance of . The Jupiter flyby provided a gravity assist that increased "New Horizons" speed; the flyby also enabled