--- ---  # Now Anyone Can See What Landing on Pluto Would Be Like ## Video: This Video Is No Longer Available [Watch (HLS stream): This Video Is No Longer Available](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/fKodeUO6.m3u8) (0:10)  _Published 2026-06-23. NASA used New Horizon flyby images of Pluto to create a gorgeous color video_  by [Julia Zorthian](https://time.com/author/julia-zorthian/)  ## Julia Zorthian Jan 23, 2017 3:28 PM UTC  by [Julia Zorthian](https://time.com/author/julia-zorthian/)  ## Julia Zorthian Jan 23, 2017 3:28 PM UTC No one has landed on Pluto yet, but [a new video from NASA](https://www.nasa.gov/feature/a-colorful-landing-on-pluto) lets everyone see exactly what it would be like if they did. NASA released “footage” last week of an imagined Pluto landing, comprised of [over 100 pictures](http://time.com/3967826/new-horizons-best-pluto-photos/) that the New Horizons spacecraft captured during its summer 2015 [Pluto flyby](http://time.com/4018747/new-horizons-flyby/). The video’s creators started with detailed images in black and white, as well as overlay low-resolution color photos from the Ralph color camera onboard to simulate the approach in brilliant colors. The view first includes Pluto and Charon, [its biggest moon](http://time.com/4058675/nasa-pluto-charon/), and then hones in on the edge of Sputnik Planitia, [a large basin](http://time.com/3967807/new-horizons-pluto-heart-mountain-range-photo/) filled with ice. NASA even paired the video with appropriately compelling music to complete the experience. NASA Releases Imagined Pluto Landing Video ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4643182/pluto-landing-video/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4643182/pluto-landing-video/"},"headline":"Now Anyone Can See What Landing on Pluto Would Be Like","datePublished":"2017-01-23T15:28:08.000Z","dateModified":"2026-06-24T06:56:55.380Z","description":"NASA used New Horizon flyby images of Pluto to create a gorgeous color video","url":"https://time.com/4643182/pluto-landing-video/","keywords":["NASA","video","Pluto","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc51edf1d78f89d5b/6988b6c0ab6d77b1686ac92f/pluto.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Julia Zorthian","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/julia-zorthian/"}],"articleSection":"Science","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc51edf1d78f89d5b/6988b6c0ab6d77b1686ac92f/pluto.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Pluto","caption":"Pluto","creditText":"NASA/AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/science/","name":"Science"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/nasa/","name":"NASA"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4643182/pluto-landing-video/","name":"Now Anyone Can See What Landing on Pluto Would Be Like"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"This Video Is No Longer Available","description":"NASA used New Horizon flyby images of Pluto to create a gorgeous color video","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/fKodeUO6/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2026-06-23T15:00:44.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/fKodeUO6.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4643182/pluto-landing-video/","duration":"PT10S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4643182/pluto-landing-video/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```