The New Horizons probe flew past the asteroid on the outskirts of the Solar system Moscow. 1 Jan. INTERFAX.RU — the Head of NASA Jim Breidenstein congratulated scientists on the successful flight of American interplanetary station, New Horizons past the asteroid Ultima Thule on the outskirts of the Solar system. “New Horizons is not only the first probe, studied the Pluto. Today, he flew past the most distant object that had ever managed to get close to the spacecraft,” — said in a statement. The probe first to gather data about the object, which includes elements preserved from the time of the birth of our Solar system. That’s what leadership in space exploration. The earlier probe flew past the asteroid in the so-called Kuiper belt, at the same time photography. Ultima Thule is considered to be very ancient asteroid. It is located about 6.4 billion kilometers from Earth. For Tuesday,
