text: Please take the time to\nvote for the best answer\n\nThank You!!\n\nNew Horizon won't actually land on Pluto, but will pass close by to take pictures of the icy planet and beam them back to Earth. \n\nIt's an unmanned mission, but Nasa has put an American flag inside the craft and a CD containing the names of around half a million people who signed up to their website. \n\nMission Milestones\nFebruary 2007 Jupiter gravity assist \nMarch 2007 - June 2015 Interplanetary cruise \nJuly 2015 Pluto-Charon encounter \n2016-2020 Kuiper Belt objects encounter \n\nSee those NASE link for detail of the Mission