The New Horizons mission team will get interesting data from Pluto as the mission will approach the planet. According to the principal investigator of the New Horizons missions, Alan Stern, the team will prepare everything for effective data collection for the mission.

According to Stern, "We need to see what the results from New Horizons are, but I think a lander would be a spectacular mission to do next. I think New Horizon's flyby of Pluto will be one of those historic events of the 21st century".

The team will be both excited and stressed in the month of April. They will be digging through their last simulated missions, correction of engine trajectory and navigation. They will also be going through a home burn so as to prepare completely for the Pluto landing.

New Horizons was launched in January 2006. Since then, it has been prepared for its Pluto flyby. Around May, the first set of images will be available to the mission team. And with time, quality of images, which will be sent back to Earth, will be better. The resolution of the images will be greater and this will show the planet much clearer than ever before.

Jim Green, director of NASA's Planetary Science Division, said in a statement that because of increasing interest and several submissions they're getting, it was evident that expansion of this public outreach activity was required.

There are many reasons behind the mission and one of the main reasons is to create maps of composition and geology more accurately. It is a mystery for scientists that what they will find after reaching. That way the trip becomes more thrilling for scientists.