NASA's New Horizons spacecraft to flyby Kuiper Belt object Ultima Thule on New Year's Day 2019

Lee Bell
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Set your alarm for New Year's Day 2019

NASA has announced that its New Horizons spacecraft is "awake" once more after some time off and is currently being prepped for what the organisation are calling "the farthest planetary encounter i...

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