Destination: Pluto — Season 1, Episode 5: Part 5: Looking Back, Looking Forward

Episode synopsis

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.

About Destination: Pluto

It was a rendezvous a decade in the making. The New Horizons spacecraft rocketed from Earth to provide the first ever close-ups of the farthest planet in our solar system, Pluto. Join New Horizons and its team as it makes its historic approach, revealing a world unlike any other we've ever seen. Interviews with leading team members and planetary scientists will help us unlock the secrets of this far away planet.

More episodes from Season 1

• E1Part 1: Close Encounters Of The Plutonian Kind
• E2Part 2: Pluto Or Bust
• E3Part 3: Into The Kuiper Belt
• E4Part 4: The Mapmaker's Dream
• E6Part 6: The Shoals Of Pluto
• E7Part 7: Behind The Scenes With Alan Stern
• E8Part 8: The "Giant Heart" On Pluto
• E9Part 9: The Pluto Flyby
• E10Part 10: New Horizons Calls Home
• E11Part 11: New Horizons - Pluto Flyby Images
• E12Part 12: The Surface of Pluto
• E13Part 13: The Right Stuff