New Horizons Spacecraft Revives, Health Check Clear
NASA's New Horizons spacecraft has successfully awakened from a 321-day hibernation period while 5.9 billion miles from Earth. The probe is now resuming its mission to collect scientific data from the Kuiper Belt.
Why it matters
Maintaining operational status for deep-space probes is critical for expanding our understanding of the outer solar system and heliosphere.
Following its longest hibernation period ever of nearly a year, NASA's New Horizons spacecraft has emerged in good health and is ready to begin transmitting science data gathered in the distant Kuiper Belt far beyond Pluto.
The article is a factual report on a space mission status update.
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