Astronomy Picture of the Day . Pluto: From Mountains to Plains . ... 14.12.2015 . ... Credit Copyright: NASA , Johns Hopkins U. APL , SwRI Explanation: What do the sharpest views ever of Pluto show? As the robotic New Horizons spacecraft moves into the outer Solar System, it is now sending back some of the highest resolution images from its historic encounter with Pluto in July. ... The New Horizons spacecraft is next scheduled to fly past Kuiper Belt object 2014 MU 69 on New Year's Day 2019. ...