Scientists say NASA spacecraft New Horizons has survived humanity's most distant exploration of another world. Watch live coverage: https://t.co/oJKHgKpQjH pic.twitter.com/U30yazzigo —@NASAScientists wanted New Horizons observing Ultima Thule during the encounter, not phoning home. Just hours before its closest approach to Kuiper Belt object Ultima Thule, the New Horizons spacecraft sent back the first images that begin to reveal Ultima’s shape. (Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory)In classic and medieval literature, Thule was the most distant, northernmost place beyond the known world. An artist's impression of the New Horizons spacecraft encountering a Kuiper Belt Object as part of a potential extended mission after the Pluto flyby.

Source: CBC News January 01, 2019 06:15 UTC