PIA22190: New Horizons Encountering 2014 MU69 (Artist's Impression)
 Target Name:  2014 MU69
 Mission:  New Horizons
 Product Size:  2400 x 1200 pixels (w x h)
 Produced By:  Johns Hopkins University/APL
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Artist's impression of NASA's New Horizons spacecraft encountering 2014 MU69, a Kuiper Belt object that orbits one billion miles (1.6 billion kilometers) beyond Pluto, on Jan. 1, 2019.

The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Maryland, designed, built, and operates the New Horizons spacecraft, and manages the mission for NASA's Science Mission Directorate. The Southwest Research Institute, based in San Antonio, leads the science team, payload operations and encounter science planning. New Horizons is part of the New Frontiers Program managed by NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama.

Image Credit:
NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute/Steve Gribben

Image Addition Date:
2018-01-04