Uploaded March 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
After a nine-year, three-billion-mile marathon across the void, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft has finally pulled back the curtain on the solar system’s most mysterious resident: Pluto. Once thought to be a dead, frozen relic, this "geologic time capsule" has revealed a world of staggering complexity, featuring 11,000-foot water-ice mountains, nitrogen glaciers, and a bizarre "dragon scale" terrain that defies conventional planetary science. From the high-stakes drama of losing contact with the probe just days before the flyby to the ongoing controversy over Pluto’s status as a planet, this documentary explores how a small robotic scout—moving at 30,000 miles per hour—is rewriting our understanding of the Kuiper Belt and the violent, ancient origins of our own home in the cosmos.
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After a nine-year, three-billion-mile marathon across the void, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft has finally pulled back the curtain on the solar system’s most mysterious resident: Pluto. Once thought to be a dead, frozen relic, this "geologic time capsule" has revealed a world of staggering complexity, featuring 11,000-foot water-ice mountains, nitrogen glaciers, and a bizarre "dragon scale" terrain that defies conventional planetary science. From the high-stakes drama of losing contact with the probe just days before the flyby to the ongoing controversy over Pluto’s status as a planet, this documentary explores how a small robotic scout—moving at 30,000 miles per hour—is rewriting our understanding of the Kuiper Belt and the violent, ancient origins of our own home in the cosmos.
Welcome to Progress - the home of engineering marvels, space exploration and history's greatest inventions. From rockets that took us to the stars to the world's most advanced military vessels, we'll be bringing you world-class documentaries every week.
You can now become a History Hit member right here on YouTube! Join for access to a new exclusive documentary every week, and access to over 160+ of our documentaries presented by world renowned historians like Dan Snow, Eleanor Janega, Tristan Hughes, Mary Beard, Matt Lewis and more.
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