This week the Earth is getting to know Pluto, the dwarf planet that\u00a0the New Horizons mission<\/a>\u00a0has reached on its almost ten-year\u00a0voyage throughout the solar system. We’re seeing close-ups of Pluto and learning more about the potential of\u00a0our distant neighbor.<\/p>\n

View videos\u00a0about Pluto from NASA.gov’s feature “Pluto in a Minute.”<\/a>\u00a0 Learn interesting facts, such as why Pluto is now considered a “dwarf planet” rather than a full planetary member of our solar system, from the feature\u00a0What Is Pluto?<\/a>, part of the series NASA Knows<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n

You can congratulate NASA’s\u00a0New Horizons team on the success of this mission by completing this form<\/a>\u00a0to relay your greetings, courtesy of the White House.<\/p>\n

More photographs and data from New Horizon’s encounter with Pluto\u00a0become available at a 1:00 pm EDT July 17th press briefing available on NASA TV<\/a>. \u00a0See NASA TV’s schedules, streams, and more<\/a>, and find out more\u00a0during this historic week of frontier expansion. Throughout the year, you can keep in touch with what NASA is up to by viewing its Image of the Day<\/a> series. \u00a0Onward, Horizon!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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