New Horizons Flyby Of Ultima Thule

Media Briefings, Online Coverage of Ultima Thule Flyby
“NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft is on track to perform the farthest flyby in history, when it zips past a Kuiper Belt object nicknamed Ultima Thule — more than four billion miles from Earth — at 12:33 a.m. EST on Jan. 1. Flyby activities are taking place at the home of New Horizons operations, the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland. A schedule of events, set for broadcast and streaming on NASA TV and social media channels, is below.”

Keith Cowing

NASA Watch founder, Explorers Club Fellow, ex-NASA, Away Teams, Journalist, Space & Astrobiology, Lapsed climber.

2 responses to “New Horizons Flyby Of Ultima Thule”

1. Michael Spencer says:

   December 31, 2018 at 7:18 pm

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   Media coverage to date that I’ve heard (NPR, NBC) has been surprisingly correct with appropriate emphasis.

2. Sean Boyle says:

   December 31, 2018 at 7:35 pm

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   Keith I always love hearing your questions on these media engagements. And I’m glad to know Zurbuchen will be able to attend as a private citizen.