New Horizons was launched in 2006.
New Horizons was projected to spend $12,500,000 in 2023 for its extended mission.
Pioneer 10, Pioneer 11, Voyager 1, Voyager 2, and New Horizons are the five spacecraft that previously achieved solar system escape velocity.
Alan Stern is known for being the principal investigator of the New Horizons mission that flew past Pluto and the Kuiper Belt object 2014 MU69.
NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft flew past the Kuiper Belt object 2014 MU69 on 2019-01-01.
NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft completed a close approach to the Kuiper Belt object 2014 MU69 (Ultima Thule) early on 2019-01-01.
New Horizons made its closest approach to 2014 MU69 at 12:33 a.m. Eastern on 2019-01-01.
The New Horizons science team planned to reconvene around 2019-01-15 after communications with the spacecraft resume.
NASA’s Deep Space Network received a signal from New Horizons at 10:29 a.m. Eastern on 2019-01-01.
The initial transmission received from New Horizons on 2019-01-01 contained telemetry about the spacecraft’s health and performance but no science data.
New Horizons is currently operating on an extended mission for the Ultima Thule flyby running through 2021 at a cost of $81,000,000.
New Horizons will fly by 2014 MU69, nicknamed Ultima Thule, on 2018-01-01, making its closest approach at about 3,500 km at 12:33 a.m. Eastern.
New Horizons’ primary mission to fly by Pluto cost $720,000,000 and ran through 2017.
Controllers transmitted a knowledge update to New Horizons early on 2018-12-30 that changed the timing of flyby events by two seconds to reflect improved knowledge of Ultima Thule’s position.
New Horizons will make its closest approach to Kuiper Belt object 2014 MU69, nicknamed Ultima Thule, at 12:33 a.m. Eastern on 2018-01-01.
The New Horizons spacecraft will make its closest approach to the Kuiper Belt object 2014 MU69 (Ultima Thule) just after midnight Eastern on 2019-01-01.