NASA’s New Horizons Mission Flies by Pluto Listen Download Embed Share Share this on Facebook (Opens in a new window) Share this on Twitter (Opens in a new window) Share this via Email Illustration: What's icy, has "wobbly" potato-shaped moons, and is arguably the world's favorite dwarf planet? The answer is Pluto, and NASA's New Horizons got to see it in real life. ( Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute / NASA ) Produced by Elizabeth Ross Produced by GBH, PRI and WNYC