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2014 MU69 revealed as a contact binary in first New Horizons data returns
Read more →: 2014 MU69 revealed as a contact binary in first New Horizons data returnsIt’s a contact binary, two different spherical rocks permanently touching each other and bound together by each other’s…
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Bradford Space Group buys Deep Space Industries, shifting focus from asteroid mining to propulsion
Read more →: Bradford Space Group buys Deep Space Industries, shifting focus from asteroid mining to propulsionAn artist’s conception shows a nanosatellite equipped with Deep Space Industries’ non-toxic, water-based Comet thruster system. (DSI /…
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NASA’s New Horizons probe reveals the shape of its icy target: ‘It’s a snowman!’
Read more →: NASA’s New Horizons probe reveals the shape of its icy target: ‘It’s a snowman!’The latest view from NASA’s New Horizons probe shows an icy object known as 2014 MU69 or as…
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Speedcast Appoints New COO From Schlumberger
Read more →: Speedcast Appoints New COO From SchlumbergerSpeedcast International revealed that Sebastien Lehnherr joined the company as Chief Operating Officer (COO). Lehnherr previously held numerous…
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China Launches Test Satellite and 6 Atmospheric Research Satellites
Read more →: China Launches Test Satellite and 6 Atmospheric Research SatellitesChina successfully launched six atmospheric environment research satellites and a test communication satellite into orbit Saturday. The satellites…
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Most distant object ever visited resembles a snowman
Read more →: Most distant object ever visited resembles a snowmanThe Kuiper Belt Object 2014 MU69 — nicknamed “Ultima Thule” — appears as a dual-lobe contact binary in…
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Success! NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft ‘phones home’ from 4 billion miles away
Read more →: Success! NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft ‘phones home’ from 4 billion miles awayAn image based on pre-flyby observations from NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft shows Ultima Thule to be an elongated…
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New Horizons scientists elated as Ultima Thule’s shape comes into view
Read more →: New Horizons scientists elated as Ultima Thule’s shape comes into viewAt left is a composite of two images taken by New Horizons’ high-resolution Long-Range Reconnaissance Imager (LORRI), which…
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Video: Queen guitarist Brian May discusses his song celebrating Ultima Thule flyby
Read more →: Video: Queen guitarist Brian May discusses his song celebrating Ultima Thule flybyQueen guitarist and contributing New Horizons scientist Brian May wrote a song celebrating the spacecraft’s New Year’s flyby…
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Early image of Ultima Thule revealed, providing hints on its shape
Read more →: Early image of Ultima Thule revealed, providing hints on its shapeJohn Spencer, the New Horizons Deputy Project Scientist, reveals the first multi-pixel image of Ultima Thule which provide…
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Video: New Horizons phone home will confirm health of spacecraft
Read more →: Video: New Horizons phone home will confirm health of spacecraftNew Horizons Mission Operations Manager (MOM) Alice Bowman describes how New Horizons will turn to Earth and ‘phone…
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New Horizons phones home, confirms successful flyby
Read more →: New Horizons phones home, confirms successful flybySTORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION New Horizons principal investigator Alan Stern of the Southwest Research Institute,…