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How NASA Is Steering New Horizons Toward a Tiny Space Rock in the Kuiper Belt


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New Horizons to MU69

In a series of four fuel burns completed today, New Horizons has closed a gap of more than 3.5 million miles between its trajectory and MU69s orbit. The graphic exaggerates the distance traveled between each burn to show the impact of each course correct

Credit: Then One/Wired

As Pluto disappears into New Horizons' rear view mirror, the little space probe that could is veering towards its next target in the Kuiper belt.

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