From Barack Obama to Stephen Hawking, here's what people had to say about NASA's #PlutoFlyBy

NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft got humanity’s first up-close look at Pluto on 14 July. And when confirmation of the mission success came after 13 hours across the 3 billion miles to much celebration from the humans waiting with bated breath. [caption id=“attachment_2343028” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] Pluto up close. Image Courtesy: Twitter @NASA[/caption] This Pluto flyby mission is a major achievement as we have never been to that part of the universe and this was the first clear look of the farthest planet. It has been 26 years since we had our last “first look” at a planet, the last time was in 1989 when Voyager flew past Neptune. The historic movement captured the imagination of scientists and public alike, with wishes pouring in from all over the world and from space as well. From President Barack Obama to Stephen Hawking, here’s what people had to say about #PlutoFlyBy

I would like to congratulate the New Horizons team and NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration for their… Posted by Stephen Hawking on  Tuesday, July 14, 2015

And as expected, there were calls to make Pluto a proper planet again