NASA TV Schedule For New Horizons Ultima Thule Flyby Events

NASA TV will be providing a number of briefings and live coverage of the New Horizons flyby of Ultima Thule on January 1, 2019. Here is the schedule:

Important Note: Should the federal government shutdown continue through New Horizons' Ultima Thule flyby – and NASA TV, nasa.gov and other agency digital and social channels remain offline – the New Horizons mission will provide coverage of live mission activities on the New Horizons Team website and the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory YouTube channel.

December 28, Friday

1 p.m. – Previewing New Horizons Flyby of Ultima Thule (All Channels)

December 31, Monday

2 p.m. – Media Briefing: New Horizons Flyby of Ultima Thule (All Channels)

3 p.m. - Q&A with the New Horizon Team (All Channels)

8 p.m. – Panel Discussion: New Horizons Flyby of Ultima Thule (All Channels)

January 1, Tuesday

12:15 a.m. – New Horizons’ Closest Approach to Ultima Thule (All Channels)

10 a.m. – New Horizons Signal Acquisition from Ultima Thule Flyby (All Channels)

11:30 a.m. – New Horizons Post-Flyby Press Conference (All Channels)

January 2, Wednesday

2 p.m. – New Horizons Science Results Briefing (All Channels)

January 3, Thursday

2 p.m. - New Horizons Science Results Briefing (All Channels)