NASA launches a new Horizon probe to fly near the asteroid farther from Earth

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 1 (Xinhua) – The New Horizons spacecraft launched by the US Space Agency (NASA) has flown to the furthest distance in history, approaching Tuesday's 39th anniversary. asteroid Altima Tholee in an area called Kieber Belt.

The probe was launched on January 1 at 00:33 (0533 GMT), rising to 3,540 kilometers from the Altima Thole at a speed of 50,594 km (31,500 miles) per hour.

He will conduct the first extensive exploration of this region of the solar system consisting of frozen objects, according to NASA.

NASA said that Altima Thulee, located about 6.4 billion kilometers from the sun and 1.6 billion kilometers from Pluto, would be the farthest asteroid ever explored.

When the probe arrives, a set of equipment will be used on the mysterious asteroid and will reveal much of the mystery surrounding it.

The New Horizons mission, which began in January 2006, aims to understand the world of our solar system by conducting the first exploration of the Pluto dwarf planet and by digging deeper into the mysterious Kiper Belt, which was very early when creating the solar system.