solar system. and now what are we waiting for? we ve got this first image. this was the zoom-in as it was starting to do the fly-by. we re waiting on the fly-by imagery. that actually happened yesterday, but it takes so long for these images to transmit to earth. in fact they started transmitting last night. by the time they all transmit to earth in their high res definition, it will take 16 months for all of them to get to earth. so what we re going to learn is more about the composition of pluto, about the valleys, about the mountains, about the composition in terms of whether it has any atmosphere at all. we know that there s methane and we know that that s ice. so now we re going to learn more of the fine details. keep in mind what s been accomplished here. we ve sent a human object all the way, 3 billion miles to the other side of the solar system and now we re going to see what s in the coldest, darkest reaches of that solar system. the word awesome is overused, but this is i
one. if you ve had a heart attack be sure to talk to your doctor before you begin an aspirin regimen. that s the first step in getting data. okay. copy that. we are in lock with telemetry with the spacecraft. nasa style celebration last night as the new horizons spacecraft phoned home safe following its historic fly-by of flute owe. nasa took this photo after a nine-hour journey over 3 billion miles, the spacecraft is sending back a trove of measurements and observations from its close observation of pluto, considered a dwarf planet.
about that historic nuclear deal brokered with iran. after an early morning announcement. he got a head start making his case yesterday with the new york times thomas freedman. what we ve been able to do is assure that iran will not get a nuclear weapon and that was always the premise, tom. reaction to the deal in tehran last night, cheer and chanting seen in the streets. here in the u.s., iranian americans see a glimmer of hope. the world won t look at iran as this negative place or this negative country. at the very least a glimmer of hope for the people of iran. but it is congress. president obama still needs to sell on this deal. lawmakers have 60 days to review it. republicans so far united against it while most democrats are taking a wait-and-see approach. today the deal s fiercest critic israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu doubling down on his opposition. i thought and i said that this deal poses a great danger