LAUNCH CONTROL VOICE: And we have spacecraft separation. (Sound of applause.)
So, New Horizons, have a safe nine-year journey and a very successful mission at Pluto.
And we also have confirmation from the P3 of spacecraft separation.
BRUCE BUCKINGHAM: This is Atlas launch control and we have confirmation of spacecraft separation.
NASA's New Horizons spacecraft has begun its journey to travel the length of the solar system. The spacecraft
will travel the distance to the moon in about nine hours, reach beyond the orbit of Mars in three months and take
advantage of a planetary boost from Jupiter next year as it heads to Pluto,
with a scheduled arrival date in the summer of 2015.