Flagstaff, the town that discovered Pluto, toasts New Horizons triumph

In the small Arizona town where Pluto was spotted in 1930, more than 1,000 residents gathered to celebrate the Nasa mission: 'It was total pandemonium'

As Nasa's New Horizons mission made first contact with Earth with dazzling photos of the dwarf planet more than 3bn miles away, one small town in northern Arizona was abuzz like no other.

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