Spacecraft distance from Earth
New Horizons
New Horizons is about 6.18 billion miles from Earth, moving away at 89,977 mph.
Updated Friday 11:22 PM ET.
Distance from Earth, right now
About 6.18 billion miles
9,939,232,374 km. Calculated from NASA/JPL’s daily position, so it’s approximate.
Signal time to Earth9 h 12 min
Distance gained per day2.16 million miles
LaunchedJan 19, 2006 (20 years ago)
StatusActive
The view from New Horizons
About
Flew past Pluto in 2015 and a distant Kuiper Belt object in 2019, and is still heading outward.
Nearby on the scoreboard
- Pioneer 1111.03 billion miles, farther
- Pluto3.33 billion miles, closer
Distances and asteroid data courtesy NASA/JPL-Caltech (Horizons and the Center for Near Earth Object Studies). The Space Station’s distance is its typical height. Space Scoreboard is not affiliated with NASA, JPL or Caltech.