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PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICE
JET PROPULSION LABORATORY
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
PASADENA, CALIF. 91109. TELEPHONE (818) 354-5011
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 15, 1991
Members of the Magellan and Galileo mission teams received
the 1991 National Space Club's Nelson P. Jackson Aerospace Award
for outstanding contributions to planetary exploration at the
annual Goddard Memorial Dinner, held March 15 in Washington, D.C.
Accepting the award on behalf of the Jet Propulsion
Laboratory's Magellan mission to map Venus was Project Manager
Anthony J. Spear. William J. O'Neil, Galileo project manager,
accepted on behalf of the Galileo mission to explore Jupiter.
Dr. Edward C. Stone, director of the Laboratory, was also in
attendance.
Recipients of the Jackson Award are selected annually by the
National Space Club, an organization of approximately 1,700
members, for their contributions to the missile, aircraft and
astronautics industries. The award is a memorial to the late
Nelson P. "Pete" Jackson, one of the founders and past presidents
of the organization.
To date, the Magellan spacecraft has mapped more than 59
percent of the surface of Venus in its 243-day primary mission.
Galileo is en route to the giant outer planet of Jupiter
using gravity assists from Earth and Venus. In late October, the
2.5-ton spacecraft will fly by Gaspra, a main-belt asteroid, at a
distance of approximately 620 miles.
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