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[i]At 12:33 a.m. EST on January 1, NASA's New Horizons spacecraft will make its closest approach to the enigmatic Kuiper Belt object Ultima Thule, just a few days shy of the thirteenth anniversary of the space probe's initial launch in 2006. If the flyby is successful, Ultima Thule will become the farthest object in the Solar System humanity has explored so far—and perhaps the most primitive. The New Horizons mission is only just entering its teens, but the team of scientists, engineers, and personnel behind it at NASA can already boast a lifetime's worth of staggering findings from the spacecraft's tenure abroad. As New Horizons continues to close the gap between itself and Ultima Thule, here's what you need to know to get caught up.[/i]
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