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NASA's New Horizons spacecraft sent signals from a celestial body about 5 billion kilometers from Earth, confirming that it had survived the far flight.
The audience applauded and chanted at Johns Hopkins University's Applied Physics Laboratory in Maryland when New Horizons probe signals were confirmed.
The probe, near the asteroid "Thema Thule" earlier on Tuesday, was a unique event, becoming the most distant object to explore in the solar system.
It took more than six hours for the signals to reach the ground. Images and other data are expected later.
"Now, one billion kilometers from Pluto, the New Horizons spacecraft is conducting the largest exploration of the space of history, some distance from Earth," NASA said in its tweets Twitter. Altima Thule, a frozen rock at the foot of the Kiper Belt.
Scientists believe that Altima Thuli exists since the birth of the solar system in the Kiper Belt.
"The Keiper Belt is a vast space that contains billions of small objects that have survived the formation of the solar system and can be a key to understanding the constellations of the planets," NASA said.
The probe, "New Horizons", pbaded through the Altima Thuly probe at a speed of about 51500 km / h and at a distance of about 3500 km There is not much information available on this space object.
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