NASA Takes Cautious Path With Next New Horizons Goal

Credit: NASA/JHUAPL/SwRI/Alex Parker
Managers of NASA’s New Horizons Pluto-flyby probe have opted for a cautious approach in their selection of a Kuiper Belt Object (KBO) to explore on an extended mission. If all goes as planned, controllers at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory will order a set of four maneuvers...

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