About this episode

NASA's New Horizons spacecraft has awakened after a long hibernation and is sending data from the Kuiper Belt.

After a record 321-day hibernation, NASA's New Horizons spacecraft has awakened nearly six billion miles from Earth. The historic Pluto and Arrokoth explorer is once again sending scientific data while using upgraded autonomous systems to operate in the harsh environment of the Kuiper Belt. As it continues its journey, the mission will study the outer heliosphere and some of the most distant regions ever explored by a spacecraft. Thank you for listening to Bedtime Astronomy — your guide to the cosmos. New episodes on space exploration, NASA missions & the latest astronomy breakthroughs. This episode includes AI-generated content.

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Host: Synthetic Universe

Topics covered

• NASA missions
• space exploration
• Kuiper Belt
• New Horizons
• outer heliosphere
• astronomy breakthroughs

Keywords

• New Horizons
• NASA
• Kuiper Belt
• spacecraft
• Pluto
• Arrokoth

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: NASA

Products: New Horizons

Places: Pluto, Arrokoth, Kuiper Belt, outer heliosphere, Earth

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