The New Horizons Mission is helping us understand Worlds at the Edge of our Solar System by making the first Reconnaissance of the Planet Pluto and by venturing deeper into the distant, mysterious Kuiper Belt, a Relic of Solar System Formation. New Horizons launched on Jan. 19, 2006. It swung past Jupiter for a Gravity Boost and Scientific Studies in February 2007, and conducted a six month long Reconnaissance Flyby Study of Pluto and its Moons in the Summer of 2015, culminating with Pluto Closest Approach on July 14, 2015. As Part of an extended Mission, pending NASA Approval, the Spacecraft is expected to head farther into the Kuiper Belt to examine another of the ancient, icy Mini-Worlds in that vast Region, at least a billion Miles beyond Neptune's Orbit.