Countdown to Ultima: Alan Stern and New Horizons _on Planetary Radio
The New Horizons spacecraft will reach faraway Kuiper Belt object 2014 MU69 in the first minutes of 2019. Will the body informally known as Ultima Thule be as mysterious and exciting as Pluto? Well hear from the missions Principal Investigator, Alan Stern. The coolest asteroid defense stickers in the solar system could be yours if you win the new Whats Up space trivia contest. Learn more at: http://www.planetary.org/multimedia/planetary-radio/show/2018/1226-2018-alan-stern-new-horizons.html
Featured Speakers: Author Robert Kurson, Senior Editor Emily Lakdawalla, Chief Scientist Bruce Betts, Host Mat Kaplan
This show was broadcast on January 1, 2019.