This probe was launched on $19$ January $2006$ to Pluto. It flew by the Pluto Charon system on $14$ July $2015$ and is the first probe to be launched to Pluto. Name the probe.

Dawn

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Juno

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New Horizons

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Cassini-Huygens

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The correct option is D New Horizons
New Horizons is a space probe launched by NASA on 19 January 2006, to the dwarf planet Pluto and on an escape trajectory from the Sun. It is the first man-made spacecraft to go to Pluto.
The primary mission of New Horizons is to study Pluto and its system of moons. The secondary mission is to study any objects in the Kuiper Belt, if something became available for a flyby.

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This probe was launched on 19 January 2006 to Pluto. It flew by the Pluto Charon system on 14 July 2015 and is the first probe to be launched to Pluto. Name the probe.

This probe was launched on $19$ January $2006$ to Pluto. It flew by the Pluto Charon system on $14$ July $2015$ and is the first probe to be launched to Pluto. Name the probe.