OpinionJanuary 17, 2019
The Moment We First Saw Ultima Thule Up Close
What it was like to be with the science team as the New Horizons probe reported back from the most distant object ever visited by a spacecraft
Stories by Henry Throop
Henry Throop, who took the photographs for this piece, is an astronomer with the Planetary Science Institute in Washington, DC, and a member of the New Horizons Science Team. He has spent the last decade living in India, South Africa, and Mexico, working to build local astronomy programs. His research interests include planetary rings and the formation of our solar system.