Michael Ryschkewitsch,head of the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory Space Exploration Sector during a press conference following the successful flyby of Ultima Thule by the New Horizon spacecraft at Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory January 1, 2019 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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