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The future of NASA's New Horizons interstellar probe as it speeds out of the solar system, never to return, is a bit more secure after the space agency announced a new extended mission plan that includes another possible Kuiper Belt object flyby.
NASA finally decided to let New Horizons complete its exploration of the Kuiper Belt after waiting all summer to let the team know.
NASA's mission to the metal-rich asteroid Psyche that may give insights about Earth's core is set for Oct. 12 after delays over the spacecraft's nitrogen cold gas thrusters.
NASA has reversed course on plans to curtail the New Horizons spacecraft’s planetary science studies following a rebellion among the mission’s leaders
The decision to expand New Horizons' mission to explore a potential object in the Kuiper Belt, and not just the Sun, comes as a great relief to scientists.