New Horizons Pluto Probe Heads Toward 2nd Flyby Target
Friday, October 23, 2015 - 15:30
in Astronomy & Space
New Horizons, which in July performed the first-ever flyby of Pluto, fired up its engines yesterday (Oct. 22) in the first of four maneuvers designed to send the probe zooming past a small object called 2014 MU69 on Jan. 1, 2019.