New Horizons' trailblazing journey to the solar system's outermost frontier took it past the orbit of Mars today at 6 a.m. EDT , 78 days after the spacecraft launched.

新地平线打响了探索太阳系边疆的第一炮，而在今天美国东部时间早上6点，在发射了78天后它成功越了火星轨道。