{"id":2035,"date":"2018-12-28T10:14:34","date_gmt":"2018-12-28T10:14:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.star-gazing.co.uk\/WebPage\/?p=2035"},"modified":"2018-12-28T10:52:58","modified_gmt":"2018-12-28T10:52:58","slug":"new-horizons-ultima-thule","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.star-gazing.co.uk\/WebPage\/new-horizons-ultima-thule\/","title":{"rendered":"New Horizons Ultima Thule Flyby &#8211; How to watch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If the political climate and government department shut-downs in the United States continue, NASA TV will not be operating on New Years Day.<\/p>\n<p>This is of course the day that New Horizons is shooting past its next target way out in the Kuiper Belt; <span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>The Ultima Thule Flyby.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pluto.jhuapl.edu\/News-Center\/Resources\/Press-Kits\/NewHorizonsPressKit__UT.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Click HERE or on the image below to download the press kit.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pluto.jhuapl.edu\/News-Center\/Resources\/Press-Kits\/NewHorizonsPressKit__UT.pdf\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter \" src=\"https:\/\/scontent.flhr3-1.fna.fbcdn.net\/v\/t1.0-9\/49043479_10205476844397024_3582184956031401984_n.jpg?_nc_cat=103&amp;_nc_ht=scontent.flhr3-1.fna&amp;oh=f5dcb7d787ba2d504e7e020248a11ba7&amp;oe=5C9ABF95\" width=\"237\" height=\"266\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If NASA TV isn&#8217;t back up and running by then, live images and data streaming back from the probe on the day will not be broadcast.<\/p>\n<p>Luckily there are other ways of us being able to keep up with this.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pluto.jhuapl.edu\/News-Center\/Where-to-Watch.php?fbclid=IwAR3UlzA8-MTL6E7AyDINYOHkdrsWDJuKknYNgl_qEDXn772EcqMWRU73qMQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/pluto.jhuapl.edu\/News-Center\/Where-to-Watch.php?fbclid=IwAR3UlzA8-MTL6E7AyDINYOHkdrsWDJuKknYNgl_qEDXn772EcqMWRU73qMQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Live coverage will be streamed via that Web site.<br \/>\nThe schedule of the webcasts is below:<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>Friday 28th December, 2018<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n18:00 &#8211; 18:30 GMT (1:00-1:30 pm EST)<br \/>\nNew Horizons: Beyond Pluto. Preview of the spacecraft and science operations during the Ultima Thule flyby.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>Monday 31st December, 2018<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n19:00 &#8211; 20:00 GMT (2:00-3:00 pm EST)<br \/>\nPress briefing: Ultima Thule flyby science and operations preview<\/p>\n<p>20:00 &#8211; 21:00 GMT (3:00-4:00 pm EST)<br \/>\nQ&amp;A: Ask the New Horizons Team<\/p>\n<p>01:00 &#8211; 04:00 GMT (8:00-11:00 pm EST)<br \/>\nPanel discussion on exploration of small worlds (01:00 &#8211; 02:00 8 &#8211; 9 pm EST); Ultima Thule flyby countdown events; mission updates<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>Tuesday 1st January, 2019<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n05:15 &#8211; 05:45 GMT (12:15-12:45 am EST)<br \/>\nLive coverage of countdown to closest approach (12:33 am); real-time flyby simulations<\/p>\n<p>14:45 &#8211; 15:15 GMT (9:45 \u2013 10:15 am EST)<br \/>\nLive coverage of New Horizons signal-acquisition from Ultima Thule flyby<\/p>\n<p>16:30 &#8211; 17:30 GMT (11:30 am\u2013 12:30 pm EST)<br \/>\nPress briefing: Spacecraft status, latest images and data download schedule<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Wednesday 2nd January, 2019<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n17:00 &#8211; 18:00 GMT (2:00-3:00 pm EST)<br \/>\nPress briefing: Science results from Ultima Thule<\/p>\n<p>Thursday 3rd January, 2019<br \/>\n19:00 &#8211; 20:00 (2:00-3:00 pm EST)<br \/>\nPress briefing: Science results from Ultima Thule<\/p>\n<p>To make sure everyone can join in the excitement,\u00a0Alan Stern, Principle Investigator for New Horizons, is determined to keep us all as informed as much as possible so will be streaming and posting as many ways as possible.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>John Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory<\/strong><\/span> will be webcasting live on their Youtube Channel:\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/jhuapl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/jhuapl<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Alan will also be posting results on social media, so keep up to date with this exciting encounter by following him here:<\/p>\n<p>Twitter: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlanStern\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlanStern<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Facebook:\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/s.alan.stern\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/s.alan.stern<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If the political climate and government department shut-downs in the United States continue, NASA TV will not be operating on New Years Day. This is of course the day that New Horizons is shooting past its next target way out in the Kuiper Belt; The Ultima Thule Flyby. Click HERE or on the image below [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"slim_seo":{"title":"New Horizons Ultima Thule Flyby - How to watch - Star-Gazing","description":"If the political climate and government department shut-downs in the United States continue, NASA TV will not be operating on New Years Day. 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