Pluto, This Is Your Moment

Nine years ago, NASA sent a rocket out into space. That rocket finally reached Pluto and has sent back photos of the mass that we used to call a planet (maybe it is a planet again now....or is it a dwarf planet?). The rocket traveled 3 billion miles in 9 years. Nine years!!!

This is amazing. Like for real. The rocket left Cape Canaveral, reached Jupiter in a year, then used the propulsion from Jupiter's gravity to "sling-shot" it's trajectory to Pluto.

Prior to take-off, the New Horizons team worked for ten years to plan the trip!

I thought I was past the time when I was amazed by things going on in space. But I'm not. This is pretty darn amazing.