A heartwarming story that I heard yesterday is that the widow of the man who discovered Pluto will be present for the launch. She is age 93!!
“They finally are going! I can’t believe it!” said Patricia Tombaugh, 93, widow of Clyde Tombaugh, the Illinois-born astronomer who discovered Pluto in 1930.
Found a good article that she wrote about her husband. http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/news_center/news/103105.htm