I think Quote by Alan Stern

I think when people see Pluto revealed by New Horizons, its satellite system, its complex surface, its atmosphere, I think they'll have a hard…

— Alan Stern

New Horizons isn't just visiting Pluto; it's visiting this entire region. Whatever it finds, this will be a signal moment for planetary exploration -…

— Alan Stern

This is in a real sense the capstone of the initial missions to explore the planets. Pluto, its moons and this part of the…

— Alan Stern

Pluto is the new Mars.

— Alan Stern

If you go to planetary science meetings and hear technical talks on Pluto, you will hear experts calling it a planet every day.

— Alan Stern

The New Horizons Pluto mission will be the first mission to a binary object and will help us understand everything from the origin of…

— Alan Stern

As a planetary scientist, I don't know what else to call Pluto: It's big and round and thousands of miles wide.

— Alan Stern

NSS is delighted to support the New Horizons mission by helping to share this exciting milestone in space exploration with the general public in…

— Bruce Pittman

It's interesting - Pluto's almost a brand unto itself. It's the farthest. It's the most diminutive of the classical planets. It's been maligned by…

— Alan Stern

Pluto's orbit is so elongated that it crosses the orbit of another planet. Now that's... you've got no business doing that if you want…

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

You could not have predicted the amazing discoveries at Pluto, even though we have been to a couple of objects in the solar system…

— Alan Stern

Pluto has a very interesting history, and there is a lot of work that we need to do to understand this very complicated place.

— Alan Stern