New Horizons Launches to Pluto . ... The New Horizons spacecraft roared off its launch pad at Cape Canaveral in Florida , USA last week toward adventures in the distant Solar System . The craft is one of the fastest spaceships ever launched by humans, having passed the Moon only nine hours after launch and is on track to buzz Jupiter in early 2007. ... Pictured , the New Horizons craft launches into space atop a powerful Atlas V rocket. ... NASA Web Site Statements, Warnings, and Disclaimers . ...