New Horizons Returns First Pluto Pic!

Being 2015, there has been a lot of talk about the New Horizons spacecraft in the first month of the year, since it’s due to reach it’s rendezvous with the enigmatic dwarf planet in July.  I remember watching the launch in 2006 while in university, and have been talking about it to audiences during my planetarium shows.  I feel close to the mission, and being able to see it reach Pluto this year brings back the first feelings I ever had about discovering the universe as a child. So when the spacecraft woke up a few weeks ago, so did...