New Horizons Team Picks Kuiper Belt Object To Explore

Credit: NASA/JHUAPL/SwRI/Alex Parker
Scientists and engineers operating the nuclear-powered New Horizons planetary probe have taken the cautious approach in their selection of a Kuiper Belt Object (KBO) to explore, now that the mission’s primary objective of a Pluto flyby is complete. With time running out to conduct the necessary...

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