All Episodes of Destination: Pluto

Season 1

• 

  NaN/100 votes

  Loading...

  Part 1: Close Encounters Of The Plutonian Kind

  Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 1/1/2015

  Follow the timeline of the New Horizons mission from its inception to the date of its close encounter with Pluto. Watch initial reactions from those closest to the mission.

  Director: N/A

  Writer: N/A

• 

  NaN/100 votes

  Loading...

  Part 2: Pluto Or Bust

  Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 1/1/2015

  The controversial debate of Pluto's planetary status is explored.

  Director: N/A

  Writer: N/A

• 

  NaN/100 votes

  Loading...

  Part 3: Into The Kuiper Belt

  Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 1/1/2015

  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?

  Director: N/A

  Writer: N/A

• 

  NaN/100 votes

  Loading...

  Part 4: The Mapmaker's Dream

  Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 1/1/2015

  As the New Horizons spacecraft gets ever closer to Pluto, the images being relayed back to Earth are superior to anything we've seen before. Take a look at how we're mapping the surface, and the new knowledge gleaned as New Horizons approaches its target.

  Director: N/A

  Writer: N/A

• 

  NaN/100 votes

  Loading...

  Part 5: Looking Back, Looking Forward

  Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 1/1/2015

  Weeks from its final destination, the New Horizons spacecraft is now closer to Pluto than any other man-made craft has ever been. Although it's been smooth sailing so far, the dangers will increase exponentially as it encounters Pluto's planetary orbit.

  Director: N/A

  Writer: N/A

• 

  NaN/100 votes

  Loading...

  Part 6: The Shoals Of Pluto

  Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 1/1/2015

  New Horizons journey to Pluto is winding down, and its destination is dead-ahead. The images being sent to Earth are unlike anything we've seen before - find out what we're learning about this unexplored dwarf planet.

  Director: N/A

  Writer: N/A

• 

  NaN/100 votes

  Loading...

  Part 7: Behind The Scenes With Alan Stern

  Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 1/1/2015

  With a mere hours to go until the New Horizons spacecraft reaches its destination of Pluto, we check in with Alan Stern, the principal investigator of the team. Watch the latest news and reactions from Mission Control.

  Director: N/A

  Writer: N/A

• 

  NaN/100 votes

  Loading...

  Part 8: The "Giant Heart" On Pluto

  Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 1/1/2015

  On the day of their spacecraft's historic Pluto flyby, the New Horizons team discusses its last transmission to Earth - and what it's already telling us about the previously unseen surface of the last major unexplored body in our Solar System, Pluto.

  Director: N/A

  Writer: N/A

• 

  NaN/100 votes

  Loading...

  Part 9: The Pluto Flyby

  Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 1/1/2015

  Be present as the NASA New Horizons team celebrates the moment of the New Horizons probe reaching Pluto, thus achieving the initial reconnaissance of our solar system. An achievement 9 years in the making, the Mission's success is an outstanding accomplishment.

  Director: N/A

  Writer: N/A

• 

  NaN/100 votes

  Loading...

  Part 10: New Horizons Calls Home

  Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 1/1/2015

  The second day of the Pluto flyby --- initial transmissions have successfully reached Earth, the team is excited. And Pluto is more than ready for its first close-ups!

  Director: N/A

  Writer: N/A

• 

  NaN/100 votes

  Loading...

  Part 11: New Horizons - Pluto Flyby Images

  Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 1/1/2015

  Pictures worth waiting 9 years to get! The New Horizons team shows off the first batch of photos communicated from the New Horizons space probe 3 billion miles away; stunning images of Pluto and moon.

  Director: N/A

  Writer: N/A

• 

  NaN/100 votes

  Loading...

  Part 12: The Surface of Pluto

  Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 1/1/2015

  The New Horizons mission has been a success, and as photographs and data continue to be transmitted back to Earth, scientists can now, for the first time, look at 3D images of the surface of this distant dwarf planet.

  Director: N/A

  Writer: N/A

• 

  NaN/100 votes

  Loading...

  Part 13: The Right Stuff

  Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 1/1/2015

  As the series comes to a close, new observations from mountain ranges to a blue atmosphere are being discovered. What does the data show us, and where is New Horizons heading next? Team members break it down for us, as well as describe "the right stuff" necessary for a successful space mission.

  Director: N/A

  Writer: N/A