New Horizons Pluto probe nearing its target

[Channel Hopper]

MU69 officially named

Far, Far Away in the Sky: New Horizons Kuiper Belt Flyby Object Officially Named 'Arrokoth' - NASA

In a fitting tribute to the farthest flyby ever conducted by spacecraft, the Kuiper Belt object 2014 MU69 has been officially named Arrokoth, a Native

www.nasa.gov

or more correctly, 486958 Arrokoth.

 

[Channel Hopper]

It is going to take at least another year to send all the data back from the last flyby, but somewhere I've seen the engineers planning their next target in the Kuiper belt, there is plenty of fuel left onboard for further manoeuvers.

Over a year later, they are still looking for another candidate.

New Horizons conducts parallax experiment, searches for KBOs

More than five billion miles from Earth and over 14 years past launch, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft is conducting an experiment measuring the distance to two nearby stars while mission scientists are using Earth-based telescopes to search for new Kuiper Belt Objects (KBOs) for the spacecraft...

www.spaceflightinsider.com

 

[Channel Hopper]

Another first, different star positions.

'Looking at an alien sky': New Horizons probe sees shifted star positions (photos)

New Horizons just notched another exploration first.

www.space.com

 

[Channel Hopper]

So, which amateur astronomers here own a 16 incher ?

Nasa plans to study Uranus 'from behind' – and it needs your help

Nasa needs you!

metro.co.uk

 

[Channel Hopper]

Around 58AU currently, there is a chance New Horizons will encounter a second Kuiper Belt in the coming months

https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2023/pdf/2361.pdf

 

[Terryl]

So it's 5.391 billion miles from us, that's a hop. skip and a jump with a blink drive.

 

[Channel Hopper]

So it's 5.391 billion miles from us, that's a hop. skip and a jump with a blink drive.

What amazes me is nothing has yet bounced off the bonnet (hood), the dinosaurs did an excellent job of hoovering up all the debris when they left in their spaceships.

 

[Channel Hopper]

All systems operational after a year long snooze

https://www.space.com/space-exploration/launches-spacecraft/nasas-new-horizon-probe-just-woke-up-from-hibernation-6-billion-miles-away-beyond-pluto-whats-it-doing-out-there

 

[Terryl]

I think it's getting ready to setup the new "Pluto's" quick stop, the best dark matter fuel and mars burgers this side of the solar system.

 

[Channel Hopper]

I think it's getting ready to setup the new "Pluto's" quick stop, the best dark matter fuel and mars burgers this side of the solar system.

Pluto, partner and moons, (the planet, not the relegated title) has so much to offer on the way out and in , but I fear burgers is a step too far unless Amleglian Cowsare already being shipped inside the Oort cloud, processed or just free to roam.