Michael Ryschkewitsch, head of the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory Space Exploration Sectorduring the press conference following the confirmed flyby of Ultima Thule at Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory January 1, 2018 in Laurel, Maryland. The flyby by the space probe occurred km (4bn miles) away, making it the most distant ever exploration of an object in our Solar System.

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