A Love Letter to Pluto

Today marks the end of a 9 year journey for NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft. Let’s celebrate our favorite posts about everyone’s plucky underdog.

Pluto has had a turbulent history since it’s first discovery back in 1930. One lucky Imgurian even met the discoverer, Clyde Tombaugh.

It was initially classified as a planet, the furthest one away in our solar system. But as we learned more about our galaxy NASA decided it was too small, and declassified it.

Here’s why it’s not.

The internet rallied behind Pluto and took it personally. It became our favorite underdog, a plucky fella who just wanted to be included.

Then in 2006 NASA announced they were going to send spacecreaft New Horizons on a 9 year journey to visit our tiny friend. Some of us have been following this since it was first announced.

Today we finally got to see Pluto in all it’s glory.

Oops, not that. This is it.

Imgurians have been celebrating this achievement. Here are some of our favorites.

That’s no planet…

It’s been an amazing journey. Thanks science!