March 13, 2018
As NASA’s New Horizons mission continues exploring the unknown, the mission team has selected a highly appropriate nickname for its next flyby target in the outer reaches of the solar system.
With substantial public input, the team has chosen “Ultima Thule” (pronounced ultima thoo-lee”) for the Kuiper Belt object the New Horizons spacecraft will explore on Jan. 1, 2019. 🙂
New Horizons Chooses Nickname for ‘Ultimate’ Flyby Target | NASA
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As NASA’s New Horizons mission continues exploring the unknown, the mission team has selected a highly appropriate nickname for its next flyby target in the outer reaches of the solar system.
With substantial public input, the team has chosen “Ultima Thule” (pronounced ultima thoo-lee”) for the Kuiper Belt object the New Horizons spacecraft will explore on Jan. 1, 2019. 🙂
New Horizons Chooses Nickname for ‘Ultimate’ Flyby Target | NASA
Wayback Machine - New Horizons Chooses Nickname for ‘Ultimate’ Flyby Target | NASA
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