NASA's New Horizons spacecraft opens new year at tiny, icy world past Pluto

Tuesday, January 1, 2019 - 01:30 in Astronomy & Space

Flight controllers said everything looked good for a NASA spacecraft's flyby of the tiny, icy object nicknamed Ultima Thule at 12:33 a.m. ET Tuesday. Confirmation was not expected for hours, though, given the vast distance.

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