How long would it take to send a probe to Uranus?
I can find no information on any space probes that are destined to go to Uranus. The last probe to go there was the Voyager 2 probe which passed Uranus in January 1986. Currently, there appears to be no plans to send another probe that direction. What you may be thinking about is the New Horizons spacecraft which is on its way to Pluto. It is scheduled to fly past Pluto in July 2015. It will not encounter Uranus on its way there though. ************* Kevin goes Daybagging wrote, “so how many years is that about.” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Horizons give the significant dates in the New Horizons mission. It was launched on 19 January 2006. It is scheduled to cross Uranus’ orbit on 5 March 2011 (5 years, 1 month, and 2 weeks after launch). It will pass Pluto on 14 July 2015 (about 9.5 years after launch).
