New Horizons Approaching Arrakoth - Illustration

After some inventive sleuthing, the mission team can — for the first time in five months — check the health and status of the most distant human-made object in existence

NASA announced the winners on Wednesday of the third annual Power to Explore Challenge, a national writing competition designed to teach K-12 students about the power of radioisotopes for space exploration.

Discovery also suggests more possible targets for a distant future spacecraft flyby.

NASA has selected the nine finalists of the Power to Explore Challenge, a national competition for K-12 students featuring the enabling power of radioisotopes.

NASA selected 45 student essays as semifinalists of its 2024 Power to Explore Challenge, a national competition for K-12 students featuring the enabling power of radioisotopes.

NASA has officially launched its third Power to Explore Student Challenge.