Dr. John P. Holdren. The White House: Send a note of congratulations to NASA's New Horizons team

Hi, all

Checking back in quickly with one more update about the New Horizons spacecraft's mission to Pluto. Around 8:00 a.m. Eastern yesterday, New Horizons passed within 8,000 miles of Pluto -- capturing even better images of the icy dwarf planet than those made earlier in the probe's approach. Here is one of those remarkable, newly transmitted images: 

It's been a pretty incredible couple of days.

To top it off, say congratulations to the New Horizons team -- and then forward this message to a friend who's been tracking the mission.


Thanks.

John Dr. John P. Holdren Director,
Office of Science and Technology Policy
The White House
@whitehouseostp