To New Horizons: The First Flight to Pluto

On July 14, 2015, a remarkable event occurred. Over 4.8 billion km from Earth, a small NASA spacecraft called "New Horizons" sped past Pluto at more than 50,000 km/h, directing all its instruments at the mysterious icy worlds, and then continued its journey to the distant reaches of the Solar System. On the NASA website dedicated to the expedition, more than 2 billion people visited in the days before and after the flyby. And now all the details of this historic project can be learned from the account of its direct participants – leader Alan Stern and other team members.