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2014 MU69
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New Horizons Gets Its First Glimpse of 2014 MU69 (aka Ultima Thule)
NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft is just over four months away from passing within 2,175 miles of 2014 MU69,…
New Horizons Sets Another First, This Time With Its Camera
Fastest spacecraft ever launched at 36,373 miles per hour (when it left Earth orbit)? Check. First to explore…
Catch Up With New Horizons in Four Minutes
What was. What is. And what’s coming. NASA recently released a four-minute video touching on some of the…
A Stunning Bird’s Eye View of Pluto’s Jagged Mountains and Icy Plains
New Horizons, the fastest spacecraft ever launched, delivered breathtaking images two years ago when it flew just 7,800…
And That’s A Wrap For New Horizons’ Pluto Encounter
It only took more than a year, but the New Horizons spacecraft has sent the last slivers of…
New Horizons Will Be Seeing Red Again on 2014 MU69
Every second that goes by, New Horizons is 9 miles closer to its next target – 2014 MU69.…
What New Horizons Will See When It Reaches 2014 MU69
NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft stunned the world in 2015 when it beamed back the first high-resolution images of…
Nearly 1 Billion More Miles to Go. New Horizons Locks in on Kuiper Belt Object
As the science continues coming in from the close encounter with Pluto, the New Horizons team is already…