#2014mu69

NASA’s New Horizons Mission successfully completed its second flyby of its journey through the Kuiper Belt (the first being Pluto in the summer of 2015). This time, its target was Ultima Thule, aka 2014 MU69. The flyby happened in the wee small hours of the morning here on the east coast, just after the new year rang in, but it wasn’t until just before noon that scientists received confirmation from the spacecraft, including the pixelated image above. 

You can show your love for the New Horizons mission and all of space exploration with these earring sets by Pretty Little Earth (top) and Jabebo (middle) or with this choker necklace by Space Bling (bottom). All of which will also be available at our AAS233 BOOTHtique starting on Monday! 

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NASA releases first clear images of distant Kuiper Belt object

NASA’s New Horizons team has released the promised first images from its history-making flybyof (486958) 2014 MU69, and they’re already shedding some light on the early Solar System — while also raising some questions. The snapshots, captured from as close as 17,000 miles away, show that the 21-mile-long Kuiper Belt object is a “contact binary” where two spheres slowly collided and fused…

NASA will reach its most distant target yet on New Year’s Day

While we’re welcoming the new year here on Earth, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft will be ringing in 2019 with a flyby of a very distant object in our solar system. In 2015, New Horizons gave us our best look yet at Pluto, and ever since, it has been heading towardsa distant Kuiper Belt object known as Ultima Thule. On January 1st, 2019, it’s scheduled to reach Ultima Thule, where it will…

NASA, Güneş Sistemi Dışına Çıkıyor!

Ulusal Havacılık ve Uzay Dairesi NASA, New Horizons’ın yeni hedefini belirledi. Açıklanan bilgilere göre New Horizons, ilk defa Güneş Sistemi dışından görüntü aktaracak!

NASA’nın, geçtiğimiz dönem Plüton’un yeniden keşfedilmesini, yani Plüton’un şimdiye kadar elde edilen en yakın mesafeden görüntülenmesini sağlamış olan uzun soluklu projesi New Horizons uzay aracı, yeni ilkler peşinde…

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New Horizons is now on track to explore the outer solar system

After snapping beautiful images of Pluto, New Horizons has set its sights on an ancient body in the Kuiper Belt. The space probe has completed the last of four maneuvers and is now on course for "2014 MU69" with an expected interception date of Jan…

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New Year’s Day, 2019 Will See 2014MU69

On New Year’s Day, 2019, NASA’s New Horizons mission plans to dive-bomb an icy world known as 2014 MU69. It will become the second object, after Pluto, visited by the spacecraft.

NASA announced the selection on 28 August. Practical considerations dominated the decision: 2014 MU69 beat out another object for the honour of a close-up visit because New Horizons will burn less fuel to get there.

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