Hubble Begins Search For Kuiper Belt Target For New Horizons

The Hubble Space Telescope has begun preliminary observations with the aim of finding a Kuiper Belt object that NASA’s New Horizons mission can visit after its July 2015 flyby of Pluto. In an initial “pilot observation,” Hubble is scanning an area of sky around the constellation Sagittarius to try...
Jefferson Morris

Jeff has been involved in aerospace journalism for more than a decade. Prior to joining Aviation Week, Jeff served as managing editor of Launchspace magazine and the International Space Industry Report.

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