January 19, 2006 –
NASA launched the New Horizons space probe aboard an Atlas rocket from Cape Canaveral on this date. It’s mission was to perform the first fly by of the dwarf planet Pluto and its moons, Charon, Nix, and Hydra.
It left Earth at an Earth-relative velocity of about 36,373 mi/h (10.10 mi/s), making it the fastest speed ever recorded for a human-made object. It arrived at Pluto on July 14, 2015.
(This will be on the test.)
The Haus of Dcaligari 