Clip: Season 46 Episode 1 | 1m 45s Video has closed captioning.
NASA's New Horizons spacecraft is about to visit the most distant object ever explored by humans.
Aired: 01/02/19
Days Before Flyby, Ultima Thule Still Mysterious
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