Destination: Pluto

As New Horizons gets ever closer to its final destination of Pluto, we take a look at the instruments onboard the spacecraft. How do they work, and what will they help us learn about this distant planet?

All Episodes - Season 1

Episode 1

Part 1: Close Encounters Of The Plutonian Kind

Episode 2

Part 2: Pluto Or Bust

Episode 3

Part 3: Into The Kuiper Belt

Episode 4

Part 4: The Mapmaker's Dream

Episode 5

Part 5: Looking Back, Looking Forward

Episode 6

Part 6: The Shoals Of Pluto

Episode 7

Part 7: Behind The Scenes With Alan Stern

Episode 8

Part 8: The "Giant Heart" On Pluto

Episode 9

Part 9: The Pluto Flyby

Episode 10

Part 10: New Horizons Calls Home

Episode 11

Part 11: New Horizons - Pluto Flyby Images

Episode 12

Part 12: The Surface of Pluto

Episode 13

Part 13: The Right Stuff