The head of NASA is now openly campaigning to make Pluto a planet again

Pluto’s most powerful new advocate is now the head of NASA.

On Tuesday, April 28, NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman testified before the U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations to discuss the agency’s fiscal 2027 budget request. Most of the hearing covered the usual ground: Artemis II’s recent success, the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope launch timeline, and the steep proposed cuts to NASA’s science programs. Then, in the final moments, Republican Senator Jerry Moran of Kansas pivoted...