<page_title> 2019 in spaceflight </page_title> <section_title> Deep-space rendezvous </section_title> <table> <cell> 1 January <col_header> Date (UTC) </col_header> </cell> <cell> New Horizons <col_header> Spacecraft </col_header> </cell> <cell> Flyby of Kuiper belt object (486958) 2014 MU69 <col_header> Event </col_header> </cell> </table>
New Horizons encountered the Kuiper belt object (486958) 2014 MU69 on January 1st.