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Dwarf planet Pluto as seen from the New Horizons space craft.

NASA

Analysis & Opinions - Baltimore Sun

Pluto Flyby: An Unmatched American Accomplishment

| July 13, 2015

"America is poised to reach a new milestone Tuesday in exploration and discovery. Fifty years after Mariner-4's historic flyby of Mars, 20 years after the Galileo spacecraft arrived at Jupiter and five years after President Barack Obama challenged America's space program to extend humanity's reach in space while strengthening America's leadership here on Earth, the New Horizons spacecraft will reach Pluto, providing the closest view humanity has ever seen of the dwarf planet."