Astronomers may be on the hunt to find a ninth planet in our solar system to replace Pluto, but all of us who memorised My Very Excellent Mother Just Served Us Nine Pizzas still miss our Pizzas planet. That said, Pluto's loss of its planetary status doesn't make up-close images any less intriguing.
NASA created a video last week to show us all what it would be really like to land on Pluto. Made up of over 100 images taken by NASA's New Horizons spacecraft over six weeks in 2015, the video helps viewers "feel as if they're diving into Pluto" by making it "as smooth and seamless as possible." Wrote NASA in the YouTube description:
"After a 9.5-year voyage covering more than three billion miles, New Horizons flew through the Pluto system on July 14, 2015, coming within 7,800 miles (12,500 kilometers) of Pluto. Carrying powerful telescopic cameras that could spot features smaller than a football field, New Horizons sent back hundreds of images of Pluto and its moons that show how dynamic and fascinating their surfaces are."
Never forget.
