WowKeren - Badan Antariksa Amerika Serikat (NASA) tengah merayakan kesuksesan pesawatnya, New Horizon, melintasi dekat planet kerdil, Pluto pada Selasa (14/7). Untuk membagikan foto terbaru yang mereka dapat, NASA menggandeng Instagram.

Sebelum fotonya dirilis ke publik, NASA memberikan kesempatan pada Instagram untuk memposting foto Pluto ke dunia untuk pertama kalinya. "Kami telah membuat keputusan editorial untuk memberi kesempatan dunia mengintip gambar (Pluto) melalui Instagram," demikian kata John Yembrick, Manajer Media Sosial NASA.

Ini karena Instagram dinilai sangat populer dan digunakan banyak orang. Di sisi lain, Instagram juga menyambut debut tersebut. "Ini pertama kalinya kami menyadari ada debut utama," kata juru bicara Instagram.

Selain Instagram, rupanya Twitter juga menyambut kesukesasan pesawat NASA. Mereka membuat hashtag khusus, #plutoplyby.

Gorgeous Pluto! The dwarf planet has sent a love note back to Earth via our New Horizons spacecraft, which has traveled more than 9 years and 3+ billion miles. This is the last and most detailed image of Pluto sent to Earth before the moment of closest approach, which was at 7:49 a.m. EDT Tuesday - about 7,750 miles above the surface -- roughly the same distance from New York to Mumbai, India - making it the first-ever space mission to explore a world so far from Earth. This stunning image of the dwarf planet was captured from New Horizons at about 4 p.m. EDT on July 13, about 16 hours before the moment of closest approach. The spacecraft was 476,000 miles (766,000 kilometers) from the surface. Images from closest approach are expected to be released on Wednesday, July 15. Image Credit: NASA #nasa #pluto #plutoflyby #newhorizons#solarsystem #nasabeyond #science

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A photo posted by NASA (@nasa) on Jul 14, 2015 at 4:00am PDT