how long will it take to get to pluto
New Horizons launched on January 19, 2006, and itâll reach Pluto on July 14, 2015. Do a little math and youâll find that it has taken 9 years, 5 months and 25 days. The Voyager spacecraft did the distance between Earth and Pluto in about 12.5 years, although, neither spacecraft actually flew past Pluto.luto travels on a highly elliptical orbit around the Sun. At its closest point, known as âperihelionâ, Pluto is only 4.4 billion kilometers out. Thatâs nearly 30 AU, or 30 times the distance from the Earth to the Sun.