New Horizons spacecraft takes the inside course to Ultima Thule
Tuesday, December 18, 2018 - 10:20
in Astronomy & Space
With no apparent hazards in its way, NASA's New Horizons spacecraft has been given a "go" to stay on its optimal path to Ultima Thule as it speeds closer to a Jan. 1 flyby of the Kuiper Belt object a billion miles beyond Pluto – the farthest planetary flyby in history.