Flying Past Pluto . ... Credit Copyright: NASA , Johns Hopkins U. APL , SwRI , Stuart Robbins Explanation: What would it look like to fly past Pluto? The robotic New Horizons spacecraft did just this in late July and continues to return stunning pictures of the dwarf planet . ... Although humanity has no current plans to return to Pluto, the New Horizons spacecraft may well be directed next to fly past an asteroid currently known only as 2014 MU69. ... NASA Official: Jay Norris. ...