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NASA SLIDES
From the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
COMPUTER GRAPHICS - JPL1_:
1 Jupiter and Lo (volcanoes to scale)
2 Lo minus 3 hours Voyager 1 and Dipper
3 Shortly before Voyager 1 & Titan flyby
4 Voyager 1 at Saturn closest approach
5 Voyager 1 crosses Saturn ring plane
6 Voyager 2 arcs through the Saturn system
7 Voyager 2 at Saturn minus 3 hours
8 Voyager 2 at Saturn closest approach
9 Voyager 2 just before ring crossing
10 Voyager 2 just after ring crossing
11 Voyager 2 leaves Saturn for Uranus
12 Hugh crater on Mimas
13 Flying over Cassini's division
14 Using Uranus gravity assist to head for Neptune
15 Voyager 2 at Uranus encounter minus 2 hours
16 Uranus and Miranda, innermost of 5 known moons
17 Voyager 2 at Uranus closest approach
18 Diving over Neptune 7,500 km from cloud deck
19 Looking back at sun Neptune closest approach
20 Neptune & Triton 7 hrs. after Voyager 2 encounter
Page 2.
MANNED SPACE FLIGHTS - JPL2_:
This selection of slides represents the era of the Mercury, Gemini,
Apollo and Skylab missions (1960 through the mid-seventies).
1 Atlas liftoff
2 Astronaut Al White, first American space walk
3 Gemini 7 capsule in space
4 Gemini recovery
5 Capsule interior
6 Soyuz spacecraft before docking
7 Leonov - Slayton - Stafford
8 Apollo craft before docking
9 Apollo 11 liftoff
10 Apollo 10 command capsule above Moon horizon, 375 miles away
11 Apollo 9 LEM-3 above the Atlantic
12 Apollo 10: the Snoopy ascends from the Moon to dock with
Charlie Brown
13 Apollo 11: Aldrin about to touch lunar surface
14 Apollo 17: Cernan walks toward rover
15 Apollo 17: Schmitt works scoop
16 Apollo 12 Astronaut Alan F. Bean visits JPL's Surveyor III
17 Apollo 9 recovery in the Atlantic
18 Skylab 3 over Earth
19 Skylab 2: Lousma flying in jet chair
20 Astronaut Garriott outside Skylab 2
Page 3.
SPACE SHUTTLE MISSIONS - JPL3_:
This selection of slides depicts the Space Transportation System
(STS), popularly known as the Space Shuttle. Included in this slide
set are the early drop-tests (1977) of the non-orbital test model
Enterprise
1 747/Shuttle in Mate-Demate Device
2 Takeoff
3 Moment of parting
4 Craft, Moment after parting
5 Closeup, Enterprise landing
6 Shuttle at Launch Complex 39, night
7 Launch, Columbia's first flight
8 Solid Rocket Booster separates
9 John Young at the controls of Columbia
10 Crippen, Zero-G
11 Columbia 2 Cargo Bay
12 Columbia's approach for landing
13 Shuttle landing
14 Test fire of Columbia's maneuvering system
15 Astronauts Musgrave and Peterson float in cargo bay
16 Astronaut Musgrave and cargo bay
17 TDRS satellite deployment
18 Separation between the TDRS and the Challenger
19 Satellite view of orbiter
20 Satellite view of orbiter
Page 4.
EARTH - JPL4_:
This is a selection of the best photographs of our planet Earth.
The photographs were taken by Gemini, Apollo, Skylab, Shuttle and
Landsat.
1 Earth: Antarctica (Bottom), African Continent with East Coast
of Island of Madagascar (Center)
2 Himalaya Mountains
3 Northern Gulf of California
4 Los Angeles
5 Earth: Antarctica (Bottom), African Continent, Saudi Peninsula
(Top Center)
6 Earth
7 Southern California, Salton Sea
8 Nile River Delta
9 Southern California, Baja, from Apollo 16
10 High Sierra from 225 miles
11 Earth
12 Gulf of Mexico
13 Earth and Mediterranean
14 U.S. East Coast
15 Great cyclonic storm
16 Earthrise over Moon
17 Earthrise over Moon
18 Earthrise over Moon
19 Earth eclipse
20 Earthrise over Moon
Page 5.
NASA JPL/CALTECH FACILITIES - JPL5_:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory - JPL is an operating division of the
California Institute of Technology and uses facilities provided by
the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. JPL employs more
than 4,000 people at facilities located on 175 acres northwest of
Pasadena.
Mission Test and Imaging System (MTIS) - MTIS is a JPL control
center where planetary spacecraft radio signals, which have traveled
across hundreds of million miles of space, are converted into
pictures by special processing equipment.
Deep Space Network - The Space Flight Operations Facility (SFOF) is
the center of a worldwide communications network known as the Deep
Space Network (DSN), which communicates 24 hours a day with several
unmanned spacecraft traveling on their journeys through our solar
system. Data is received from and transmitted to 3 tracking
stations located in Madrid, Spain; Tidbinbilla, Australia; and
Goldstone, California. There are three antennas at each station
(26-m, 34-m and 64-m antennas).
Edwards Test Station - Edwards Test Station is located at Edwards
Air Force Base (near Palmdale), California. It is an off-site JPL
facility used to carry out test operations that cannot easily be
accommodated at JPL's Pasadena facilities. It was established in
1945 and has expanded from 35 acres to the present 600 acres.
Table Mountain Observatory - Table Mountain Observatory at
Wrightwood, California, is owned by NASA and operated under contract
by the California Institute of Technology. The observatory was
founded to perform planetary patrol work, and now has the following
instruments: 1) a 16-inch Cassegrain optical telescope owned by
Harvey Mudd College, 2) a 24-inch Cassegrain optical telescope with
a 40-foot planetary spectrograph and 3) two radio telescopes. In
addition, a 40-inch optical telescope is being installed by Pomona
College on the JPL-Table Mountain site. The telescope will be
jointly operated by Pomona College and JPL. The observatory carries
on studies of the Sun, planets, comets, asteroids and other
astronomical objects. The observatory is staffed by two JPL
employees--a resident manager and a resident astronomer-and six
contractor employees. It is used primarily by JPL, NASA and
university and NASA-contractor astronomers.
California Institute of Technology (Caltech) - Caltech began as a
local school of arts and crafts founded in 1891 by the Honorable
Amos G. Throop. It was known as Throop Institute until 1921, when
it was transformed from an arts and crafts college into an
institution of engineering and scientific research under the
guidance of astronomer George Ellery Hale, chemist Arthur A. Noyes
and physicist Robert A. Millikan. At that time it was renamed the
California Institute of Technology (Caltech). Caltech is an
independent, private university located in Pasadena, California and
operates JPL for NASA.
Page 6.
1 JPL buildings at Arroyo Seco
2 Aerial of JPL
3 Aerial of JPL
4 MTIS
5 MTIS
6 Goldstone 210-ft antenna
7 Goldstone 210-ft antenna
8 Goldstone 85-ft antenna
9 Spain 210-ft antenna
10 Spain 85-ft antenna
11 Australia 210-ft antenna
12 Australia 85-ft antenna
13 SFOF
14 SFOF
15 Edwards Test Station
16 Table Mountain
17 Table Mountain
18 Caltech
19 Caltech
20 Foothill complex
Page 7.
1973-1983 PROJECTS - JPL6_:
Mariner 10 - The Mariner 10 spacecraft was launched on November 3,
1973, from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Its primary objective
was to fly by and study the planets Venus and Mercury. Calculations
showed that it would be possible to use the gravity of Venus to
propel the spacecraft onward for an encounter with Mercury,
providing a "space first" - visiting two planets with one
spacecraft. Because the orbits of Mercury and the spacecraft were
synchronous (Mercury orbited the Sun twice as the spacecraft orbited
the Sun once) it was possible for the spacecraft to make three
passes by Mercury, Mariner 10 encountered Venus on February 5, 1974
and Mercury on March 20 and September 21, 1974 and March 16, 1975.
The spacecraft returned approximately 8,200 black and white
photographs of Venus and Mercury. Weight of the spacecraft
(including the instruments) was 1,280 lbs. The spacecraft was built
by Boeing Co.
Seasat - Seasat was launched on June 26, 1978, from Vandenberg Air
Force Base in California. Its objective was to study the world's
oceans from near-polar orbit (500 miles above the Earth), with
microwave instruments. The satellite operated successfully for 105
days when a power failure ended its mission. The massive amount of
data returned, however, is still being analyzed with outstanding
scientific results. Seasat was built by Lockheed Missiles and Space
Company and weighed 5,050 lbs.
Viking - Two Viking spacecraft (each consisting of an orbiter and a
lander) were launched from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Viking
1 was launched on August 20, 1975 and Viking 2 on September 9, 1975.
Their objective was to study Mars from orbit and to land two landers
on the surface of Mars to study Mars' surface composition and to
search for life on the planet. This was the United States' first
attempt to land a spacecraft on another planet. Viking 1 went into
orbit around Mars on June 19, 1976; the lander touched down on the
surface at Chryse Planitia on July 20, 1976. Viking 2 went into
orbit around Mars August 7, 1976; the lander touched down at Utopia
Planitia on September 3, 1976. The end of mission for both orbiters
was due to depletion of attitude control fuel; orbiter 2 on July 25,
1978 and orbiter 1 on August 7, 1980. End of mission for lander 1
occurred on April 11, 1980. The last transmission received from
lander 2 was November 13, 1982. The orbiters were built by the Jet
Propulsion Laboratory; the landers by Martin Marietta Corp. Total
weight of each lander and orbiter was 7,750 lbs. The orbiters and
landers returned over 56,000 black and white and color photographs
of the surface of Mars.
Voyager - Two Voyager spacecraft were launched in 1977 from Kennedy
Space Center in Florida. Voyager 1 flew by Jupiter in March of 1979
and Saturn in November of 1980. The spacecraft is now traveling
toward the edge of the solar system to study interstellar space.
Voyager 2 flew by Jupiter in July of 1979 and Saturn in August of
1981. This spacecraft will fly by Uranus in January of 1986 and
Neptune in August of 1989. Both voyagers are expected to exit the
heliosphere (the outer edges of the solar wind) in the 1990s.
Page 8.
Infrared Astronomical Satellite (IRAS) - IRAS was launched from
Vandenberg Air Force Base in California on January 25, 1983. Its
mission was to map all infrared objects in the universe including
stars, galaxies and the dark clouds of dust and gas where stars are
born, from an orbit 550 miles above Earth. The IRAS mission ended
on November 21, 1983, when the satellite's supply of coolant was
depleted. IRAS was an international mission conducted by the United
States, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. JPL was the U.S.
management center for the project and will produce the IRAS sky map
and catalog of infrared sources.
1 Mariner 10 spacecraft
2 Mariner 10, Venus
3 Mariner 10, Mercury
4 Mariner 10, Mercury
5 Mariner 10, Mercury
6 Seasat
7 Seasat, L.A. Basin
8 Seasat, topographic map of ocean
9 Seasat, Southwest Pacific
10 Viking Orbiter/Lander
11 Viking Lander
12 Viking, Mangala Valles
13 Viking, Tharsis Ridge
14 Viking, Chryse Planitia
15 Viking, Trench
16 Voyager spacecraft
17 Voyager spacecraft
18 IRAS
19 Andromeda Galaxy
20 Andromeda Galaxy
Page 9.
HISTORICAL MISSIONS - JPL7_:
First Rocket Testing - The first firing of a liquid rocket engine
was done in the Arroyo Seco on October 31, 1936, near the present
site of JPL in Pasadena, California.
JATO - First test of Jet-Assisted Takeoff (JATO) rockets aboard an
aircraft was done in 1941. They were developed by the Jet
Propulsion Laboratory for the U.S. Army Corps.
Explorer I - Explorer I, the first U.S. satellite, was launched into
Earth orbit on January 31, 1958. Its objective was to provide
preliminary information on the environment and conditions in space
outside Earth's atmosphere. This satellite discovered the Van Allen
Radiation Belts. It circled the Earth more than 58,000 times before
re-entering the Earth's atmosphere over the South Pacific on March
31, 1970. Explorer I was built by the Army Ballistic Missile Agency
and JPL and it weighed 30 lbs.
Pioneer IV - Pioneer IV, JPL's first NASA project, was launched on
March 3, 1959. Its objective was to measure cosmic radiation,
establish the probe trajectory which was to verify the design of the
tracking and communication system and to permit more accurate
determination of the Moon's mass. This was the first U.S.
spacecraft to escape Earth's velocity. Batteries which powered the
transmitters on Pioneer IV went dead 82 hours, 4 minutes after
launch. The signal was lost when Pioneer IV was 407,000 miles from
Earth - a new tracking record. Built by JPL, it weighed 13 lbs.
Ranger 1 - Ranger 1 was launched on August 23, 1961. Its objective
was to develop and test basic elements of spacecraft technology
required for lunar and interplanetary missions. IT made 111 orbits
of Earth and traveled 3,000,000 miles. Built by JPL; 675 lbs.
Ranger 3 - Ranger 3 was launched on January 26, 1962. This was the
first attempt by the United States to take closeup pictures of the
Moon and to make measurements on the lunar surface. However, Ranger
3 arrived at intercept with the Moon's orbit too early because of
excess launch vehicle velocity. No photos were taken. The
spacecraft flew by the Moon at a distance of 22,862 miles. The
spacecraft was built by JPL and weighed 727 lbs.
Ranger 7 - Ranger 7 was launched on July 28, 1964 and impacted the
Moon at the Sea of Clouds on July 31, 1964. Its objective was to
acquire and transmit photographs of the lunar surface before
impacting the Moon. Ranger 7 was the first U.S. spacecraft to
obtain close-up photographs of the Moon, transmitting 4,316
photographs of the Moon's surface to Earth.
Surveyor - Seven Surveyor spacecraft were launched between June 1966
and January 1968. The objective for all missions was a lunar soft
landing and to provide data in support of the Apollo program.
Surveyors 1,3, 5, 6 and 7 transmitted several thousand black and
white photographs of the Moon. The spacecraft were built by Hughes
Aircraft Co. Weight of the Surveyors ranged from 600-637 lbs.
Page 10.
Mariner 2, the world's first successful interplanetary spacecraft,
was launched on Aug. 27, 1962 and made its closest encounter with
Venus on Dec. 14, 1962. Its objective was to fly by Venus, perform
close-range infrared and microwave measurements and to collect and
transmit information on interplanetary phenomena. JPL; 447 lbs.
Mariner 4 was launched on November 28, 1964 and made its closest
encounter with Mars on July 14, 1965 (flyby distance was 6,118
miles). Its objective was to fly by Mars and to perform scientific
measurements in interplanetary space between the orbits of Earth and
Mars and in the vicinity of Mars. Built by JPL, it weighed 575 lbs.
Mariner 5 - Mariner 5 was launched on June 12, 1967 and made its
closest encounter with Venus on October 19, 1967 (flyby distance was
2,480 miles). Its objective was to fly by Venus and obtain
scientific information on the origin and nature of Venus and its
environment. The spacecraft was built by JPL and weighed 540 lbs.
Mariner 6 and 7 - Mariner 6 was launched on February 24, 1969 and
made its closest encounter with Mars on July 30, 1969 (flyby
distance was 2,131 miles). Its objective was to fly by Mars'
equator to study Martian surface and atmosphere. Mariner 7 was
launched on March 27, 1969 and made its closest encounter with Mars
on August 5, 1969 (flyby distance was 2,130 miles). Its objective
was a flyby over Mars' southern hemisphere. Both spacecraft were
built by JPL and weighed 850 lbs. Mariner 6 returned 75 black and
white photos of Mars and Mariner 7 returned 126.
Mariner 9 - Mariner 9 was launched May 30, 1971 and encountered Mars
on November 13, 1971 (orbit distance was 862 miles). Its objective
was the study of Mars from orbit: Map the planet and look for sites
for the Viking landers. Mariner 9 took the first pictures showing
the surface of Mars' two moons, Deimos and Phobos. The spacecraft
was built by JPL and weighed 2,150 lbs. Mariner 9 returned 7,329
black and white photographs of Mars and its moons.
1 First rocket testing at Arroyo Seco
2 JATO (Jet-Assisted Takeoff)
3 Explorer I spacecraft
4 Pioneer IV spacecraft
5 Ranger I spacecraft
6 Ranger 3 spacecraft
7 Ranger 7 spacecraft
8 Ranger 9, Lunar Crater Alphonsus
9 Surveyor spacecraft
10 Surveyor, Lunar landscape north of Crater Tycho
11 Mariner 2 spacecraft
12 Mariner 4 spacecraft
13 Mariner 4, Mars (Atlantis)
14 Mariner 5 spacecraft
15 Mariner 6 and 7 spacecraft
16 Mariner 6, 15 degrees below equator at Meridiani Sinus
17 Mariner 7, mosaic, South Polar cap of Mars
18 Mariner 9 spacecraft
19 Mariner 9, Mars channel
20 Mariner 9, Nix Olympica
Page 11.
VOYAGER MISSION TO JUPITER - JPL8_:
Two Voyager spacecraft were launched in 1977 from Kennedy Space
Center in Florida. Voyager 1 flew by Jupiter in March of 1979 and
Saturn in November of 1980. The spacecraft is now traveling toward
the edge of the solar system to study interstellar space. Voyager 2
flew by Jupiter in July of 1979 and Saturn in August of 1981. This
spacecraft will fly by Uranus in January of 1986 and Neptune in
August of 1989. Both voyagers are expected to exit the heliosphere
(the outer edges of the solar wind) in the 1990s.
1 Voyager spacecraft
2 Liftoff
3 Jupiter with moons Io (left), Europa (below Jupiter), Ganymede
(lower left), Callisto (lower right)
4 Jupiter's Great Red Spot at extreme right, 23.3 million miles
5 Jupiter and 2 of its moons - Ganymede (R. Center) and Europa
(Top R.) taken from 29 million miles
6 Jupiter from equator to southern polar latitudes close to Great
Red Spot
7 Jupiter's ring illuminated by sunlight coming from behind the
planet
8 Closeup of Jupiter's cloud movement
9 Color composite of Jovian atmosphere taken 6.4 million miles
from Jupiter
10 Closeup of cloud movement in Northern Hemisphere
11 Ganymede from 1.2 million kilometers
12 Ganymede from 151,800 miles
13 Europa, smallest moon of Jupiter, 1.2 million miles
14 Closeup of Europa from 150,000 miles
15 Callisto taken from 1,438,000 miles
16 Photomosaic of Callisto is composed of 9 frames taken from
245,000 miles
17 False color computer mosaic of Io
18 Io, massive volcano at horizon, Debris to height of 100 miles
19 Io from 77,100 miles
20 Tiny, red Amalthea, Jupiter's innermost satellite, 225,000 miles
Page 12.
VIKING MISSION TO MARS - JPL9_:
Two Viking spacecraft (each consisting of an orbiter and a lander)
were launched from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Viking 1 was
launched on August 20, 1975 and Viking 2 on September 9, 1975.
Their objective was to study Mars from orbit and to land two landers
on the surface of Mars to study Mars' surface composition and to
search for life on the planet. This was the Unites States' first
attempt to land a spacecraft on another planet. Viking 1 went into
orbit around Mars on June 19, 1976; the lander touched down on the
surface at Chryse Planitia on July 20, 1976. Viking 2 went into
orbit around Mars August 7, 1976; the lander touched down at Utopia
Planitia on September 3, 1976. The end of mission for both orbiters
was due to depletion of attitude control fuel; orbiter 2 on July 25,
1978 and orbiter 1 on August 7, 1980. End of mission for lander 1
occurred on April 11, 1989. The last transmission received from
lander 2 was November 13, 1982. The orbiters were built by the Jet
Propulsion Laboratory; the landers by Martin Marietta Corp. Total
weight of each lander and orbiter was 7,750 lbs. The orbiters and
landers returned over 56,000 black and white and color photographs
of the surface of Mars.
1 Ground-based telescope photo of Mars by Dr. Robert Leighton
2 Viking lander
3 Liftoff
4 Mars approach
5 Olympus Mons (great volcano)
6 Closeup of Phobos (moon of Mars)
7 Great Ice Cliffs, North Polar Region
8 Huge Martian canyon, Valles Marineris
9 First photo of Mars' surface, Viking I
10 First color photo, Viking I
11 Valles Marineris, Viking I
12 Soil sampler with completed trench, Viking I
13 Viking II and Martian Utopian Plain
14 Valles Marineris, Viking I
15 Utopian Plain, Viking II
16 Tharsis Ridge, youngest volcanic region on Mars
17 Computer image and data screen
18 Sand Dunes, Chryse Planitia Basin, Viking I
19 Utopian Plain, Viking II
20 Martian sunset, Viking I
Page 13.
MARINER 9 MISSION - JPL10_:
Mariner 9 was launched May 30, 1971 and encountered Mars on November
13, 1971 (orbit distance was 862 miles). Its objective was the
study of Mars from orbit; map the planet and look for sites for the
Viking landers. Mariner 9 took the first pictures showing the
surface of Mars' two moon. Deimos and Phobos. The spacecraft was
built by JPL and weighed 2,150 lbs. Mariner 9 returned 7,329 black
and white photographs of Mars and its moons.
1 Mariner 9 spacecraft
2 View of Mars from Mariner 7 spacecraft
3 Valles Marineris
4 Western region of Valles Marineris
5 Martian canyon near Tithonius Lacus
6 Frost-rimmed crater
7 Transecting ridges
8 Volcanic mountain, Nix Olympica
9 Shadow of moon Phobos on Mars' surface
10 Phobos, moon of Mars
11 Nix Olympica region
12 Chaotic terrain
13 Sinuous valley in the Rasena region
14 Crater near Pavonis Lacus
15 Novus Mons area
16 Mountain near Nodus Gordii
17 Sinuous valley
18 Phoenicis Lacus area
19 Pits and hollows 500 miles from Martian South Pole caused by
wind or thawing of subsurface ice
20 Martian rilles
Page 14.
VOYAGER MISSION TO SATURN - JPL11_:
Two Voyager spacecraft were launched in 1977 from Kennedy Space
Center in Florida. Voyager 1 flew by Jupiter in March of 1979 and
Saturn in November of 1980. The spacecraft is now traveling toward
the edge of the solar system to study interstellar space. Voyager 2
flew by Jupiter in July of 1979 and Saturn in August of 1981. This
spacecraft will fly by Uranus in January of 1986 and Neptune in
August of 1989. Both Voyagers are expected to exit the heliosphere
(the outer edges of the solar wind) in the 1990s.
1 Montage of Saturnian system: Dione front, Tethys, Mimas right,
Enceladus, Rhea left. Titan distant top.
2 Color-enhanced image of Saturn, Oct. 18, 1980. Range, 34
million km.
3 Saturn and three moons, Tethys, Dione and Rhea, Aug. 4, 1981.
13 million miles.
4 Saturn. Moons Tethys, Dione. Shadows, rings and moons on
Saturn. Photo Nov. 3, 1980. Range 13 million km.
5 Saturn's Northern Hemisphere. Aug. 19, 1981. Range 4.4 million
miles.
6 Enhanced image. Saturn's clouds. Photo Nov. 5, 1980. Range 9
million km.
7 Saturn rings. Color variations indicate different chemical
composition.
8 Saturn C-ring and B-ring with many ringlets. False-color image.
Aug. 23, 1981.
9 Saturn's rings. Photo Nov. 12, 1980. Range 717,000 km.
10 Saturn rings with "spoke" features in B-ring. Aug. 22, 1981.
2.5 million miles.
11 Wide-angle view of rings just before Voyager crossed ring plane.
Shows entire ring system highly foreshortened.
12 F-ring. Two braided separate orbit rings. Photo Nov. 12, 1980.
Range 750,000 km.
13 Cloud-covered Titan. Northern Hemisphere is lighter in color
than Southern Hemisphere.
14 Moon Titan and thick haze. Photo Nov. 12, 1980. Range
435,000 km.
15 Saturn Moon Tethys. Note huge canyon system.
16 Moon Dione. Many impact craters. Photo Nov. 12, 1980. Range
162,000 km.
17 Moon Mimas. Heavily cratered. Photo Nov. 12, 1980. Range
129,000 km.
18 Saturn's Moon Enceladus. 310 miles in diameter. Aug. 25, 1981.
74,000 miles.
19 Enhanced image Moon Rhea. Photo Nov. 11, 1980. Distance 1.7
million km.
20 Saturn Moon Hyperion. Irregular disc-shaped body. 235 miles
across. Aug. 24, 1981.
Page 15.
INFRARED ASTRONOMICAL SATELLITE (IRAS) - JPL12_:
Infrared Astronomical Satellite (IRAS) - The mission of the Infrared
Astronomical Satellite (IRAS) was to scan the entire sky in search
of infrared radiation from galaxies, dust clouds, stars, solar
system objects and previously unknown sources. A new map of the
infrared universe will be produced from IRAS data.
Earth's atmosphere absorbs much of the infrared radiation from space
and is itself a strong source of radiation. Therefore, high-
sensitivity infrared observations can only be made from a telescope
operating above the atmosphere. The IRAS telescope was cooled to
within a few degrees of absolute zero by liquid helium and scanned
the sky from an orbit 900 km (500 miles) high.
IRAS detected cool objects which emit the bulk of their radiation in
the infrared, but so little radiation in the visible that they
cannot be seen by even the most powerful optical telescope. Because
infrared radiation passes freely through interstellar dust clouds,
many objects that are hidden from the view of optical telescopes
were clearly observed by IRAS.
IRAS was launched from the NASA Western Test Range in California at
6:17 p.m. (PST) on January 25, 1983. The mission ended on November
21, 1983 when the telescope's helium was depleted. IRAS is a joint
project with the United States, the United Kingdom and the
Netherlands. JPL manages the project for the United States.
1 IRAS under construction at Fokker in the Netherlands
2 IRAS in the space simulator at JPL
3 IRAS being prepared for launch
4 IRAS on the Delta booster
5 Launch on January 25, 1983, 6:17 PST
6 Launch on January 25, 1983, 6:17 PST
7 Artist's rendition of IRAS in orbit over Western Europe
8 IRAS orbit characteristics
9 Large Magellanic Cloud by Schmidt Telescope, Australia
10 Part of the Large Magellanic Cloud by IRAS
11 Comet IRAS-Araki-Alcock discovered May 8, 1983
12 Protostar in Barnard 5
13 Andromeda Galaxy (M31) as seen by 200" Telescope, Palomar
Observatory
14 Andromeda Galaxy (M31) by IRAS
15 Central region of the Milky Way showing Galactic Center (Palomar
Observatory)
16 Central region of the Milky Way showing Galactic Center (IRAS)
17 Earth's location in our galaxy
18 Infrared cirrus clouds
19 Orion Nebulae by IRAS
20 Unidentified infrared source
Page 16.
HALLEY'S COMET - INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES - JPL13_:
Halley's Comet, the most famous of all the comets, is making its
closest approach to the Sun since 1910 on February 9, 1986.
Astronomers around the world are preparing to study it with the most
modern techniques available. Instrumentation on the ground, in
aircraft and in spacecraft will be used for detailed observations of
various cometary phenomena. The nucleus of Halley will receive much
attention as astronomers try to determine its size, geography,
rotation and composition. The atmosphere, or coma, generated as the
nucleus sublimates in the warmth of the Sun will be studied to
understand the complex chemistry occurring there as well as the
composition of the dust released when the frozen gases (water,
carbon dioxide and others) of the nucleus sublimate. The evolution
and activity of the gas and dust tails will receive attention to
better understand them. Recorded in history on the average every 76
years since 240 B.C. (except for the 164 B.C. appearance), this
appearance of Halley's Comet is sure to provide a wealth of new
knowledge about comets and perhaps the origin of the solar system.
1 Portrait of Edmond Halley. This famous British scientist made
the first prediction of the return of a comet that now bears his
name. (Note: Halley rhymes with valley.)
2 Representations of comets from the 16th (upper right, lower
left), 19th (upper left) and early 20th (lower right) centuries.
3 Halley's orbit as seen from above the plane of the solar system.
4 Model of a cometary nucleus, source of all cometary material.
5 The principal parts of a comet. The sublimation of frozen gases
in the cometary nucleus forms the coma: The action of sunlight
and the solar wind draw out the dust and gas tails.
6 A comet's tail always points away from the sun but doesn't
necessarily follow the head.
7 Electron micrograph of a particle believed to be part of a
comet's dust tail.
8 Portion of the Bayeaux Tapestry showing Halley's comet in 1066
before the Norman Conquest of England.
9 Nuremburg Chronicle (published in 1493) representation of
Halley's Comet in 684 A.D.
10 A 17th Century print of Halley's Comet over Jerusalem in 66 A.D.
11 Drawings of the inner coma in October 1835 by F.W. Bessel.
12 Lowell Observatory wide angle photograph of Comet Halley on May
13, 1910, showing the comet, a meteor superimposed on the tail,
bright Venus, and the streaked lights of Flagstaff.
13 Lowell Observatory photo of Comet Halley computer processed and
false color added by M.J.S. Belton, Kitt Peak National Observ.
14 The first view of Halley's Comet since 1911 shows only the
starlike nucleus on October 16, 1982.
15 The worldwide International Halley Watch organization is
coordinating, standardizing, and archiving the observations of
astronomers working in seven disciplines around the world.
16 NASA's International Cometary Explorer spacecraft (ICE)
approaching Comet Giacobini-Zinner in September 1985.
17 U.S. Naval Observatory photograph of Comet Giacobini-Zinner.
18 European Space Agency's Giotto spacecraft to study Comet Halley.
19 Intercosmos' Venera-Halley spacecraft Vega to study the comet.
20 Japan's Planet-A spacecraft to study Halley's Comet.
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VOYAGER MISSION TO URANUS - JPL14_:
Voyager 2 encountered distant Uranus, seventh planet from the Sun,
in January 1896. At the point of closest approach, on January 24,
the spacecraft flew 50,600 miles above Uranus' cloudtops. Voyager 2
returned thousands of images and voluminous amounts of other data on
the planet, its system of rings and its moons. Ten moons were
discovered, as were new details in the rings and the planet's
atmosphere. Its cameras obtained startling images of Uranus' five
previously known moons - Miranda, Ariel, Umbriel, Titania & Oberon.
Since launch in 1977, it has visited Jupiter, Saturn & Uranus.
1 True-color (left) and false-color views of Uranus, January 17,
1986. Range 5.7 million miles.
2 False-color composite of Uranus shows discrete cloud. January
14, 1986. Range 8.0 million miles.
3 Time-lapse images show cloud movements in Uranus' atmosphere
over 4.6 hr. interval. January 14, 1986. Range 8.0 million mi.
4 Montage simulates view over horizon of Miranda toward planet and
rings 65,000 miles away.
5 Farewell shot of crescent Uranus as Voyager 2 departs. January
25, 1986. Range 600,000 miles.
6 Three of the moons discovered by Voyager 2: 1986U1, 1986U3,
1986U4. January 18, 1986. Range 4.8 million miles.
7 Two "shepherd" moons, 1986U7 and 1986U8, with epsilon ring.
January 21, 1986. Range 2.5 million miles.
8 False-color composite of Uranus' rings (from top): epsilon,
delta, gamma, eta, beta, alpha, 4, 5, and 6. January 21, 1986.
Range 2.6 million miles.
9 Rings of Uranus, including newly discovered 10th ring designated
1986U1R (barely visible below outermost, epsilon ring). January
23, 1986. Range 690,000 miles.
10 Backlit view shows continuous distribution of fine particles
throughout ring system. January 24, 1986. Range 147,000 miles.
11 Heavy cratering seen in most detailed view of Umbriel. January
24, 1986. Range 346,000 miles.
12 Best image of Oberson shows cratering and large peak on moon's
lower limb. January 24, 1986. Range 410,000 miles.
13 Mosaic of Ariel, most detailed view from Voyager 2, shows
numerous faults and valleys. Jan. 24, 1986. Range 80,000 mi.
14 Highest-resolution picture of Titania displays prominent fault
valleys nearly 1,000 miles long. January 24, 1986. Range
229,000 miles.
15 Color composite shows evidence of impact scars and past geologic
activity on Titania. January 24, 1986. Range 300,000 miles.
16 Computer mosaic of Miranda images shows varied geologic regions
at high resolution. Jan. 24, 1986. Range 18,700 to 25,000 mi.
17 Unusual "chevron" figure seen on approach to Miranda. January
24, 1986. Range 26,000 miles.
18 Varied terrain on Miranda indicates complex geologic history.
January 24, 1986. Range 21,000 miles.
19 Voyager 2 image of Miranda taken shortly before closest
approach. January 24, 1986. Range 19,000 miles.
20 Miranda displays rugged, high-elevation terrain (right), lower,
grooved terrain and large crater (lower left) 15 miles across.
January 24, 1986. Range 22,000 miles.
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INFRARED ASTRONOMICAL SATELLITE (IRAS) II - JPL15_:
A joint mission of the United States, The Netherlands and the United
Kingdom, the Infrared Astronomical Satellite (IRAS) captured a
wealth of pictures of celestial objects ranging from stars and
galaxies to interstellar dust and gas. The spacecraft was launched
by NASA from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, atop a Delta
3910 on January 25, 1983. Assuming a 900-kilometer-high (563-mile)
polar orbit around the Earth, IRAS spent the next 10 months
photographing infrared heat emissions from celestial objects with
its refrigerated 22.5-inch-diameter telescope. Superfluid helium
was used to cool the telescope to 2.4 degrees Kelvin (-455 degrees
Fahrenheit), minimizing interference from the spacecraft's own heat.
The mission ended November 21, 1983, when coolant was depleted.
Data collected by IRAS are being assembled at the Jet Propulsion
Laboratory/California Institute of Technology Infrared Processing
and Analysis Center (IPAC) into a sky map and a catalog of more than
200,000 infrared sources.
1 Night liftoff
2 John Herschel discovers infrared by measuring Sun with prism and
thermometers.
3 IRAS spacecraft in thermal/vacuum chamber
4 IRAS in orbit (artist's conception)
5 Eta-Carina Nebula, Milky Way Galaxy
6 Dust bands in zodiacal cloud, solar system ecliptic
7 Comet IRAS-Araki-Alcock
8 Point sources, entire sky
9 Sharpless 171, star formation in Milky Way
10 Supernova remnant in Cygnus constellation
11 Solar-type star forming in Barnard 5 cloud
12 All-sky image with plane of Milky Way Galaxy
13 Beta Pictoris (ground-based optical image)
14 Interstellar cirrus emission
15 Large Magellanic Cloud
16 Star formation in Orion constellation
17 Central part of Milky Way Galaxy
18 Andromeda Galaxy (optical image from Palomar
Observatory,infrared from IRAS)
19 Panoramic view of Milky Way Galaxy
20 Small Magellanic Cloud
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FUTURE MISSIONS - JPL16_:
These are the future unmanned space exploration missions planned by
NASA/JPL from now until the early part of the next century. Some
missions will begin in the very near future, others have yet-to-be-
funded. For all the missions JPL has either built or designed the
spacecraft or has contributed key scientific instruments that will
fly on the spacecraft.
1 Engineers ready the Galileo spacecraft at the Jet Propulsion
Laboratory; the 6,000 pound spacecraft is scheduled to begin its
journey to Jupiter in October 1989.
2 This artist's drawing shows the Galileo spacecraft as it travels
through space with its high-gain antenna opened and its
magnetometer sensors extended. It will use the gravity of Venus
and Earth to carry it to Jupiter and arrive in late 1995.
3 The burn of the Inertial Upper Stage (IUS) rocket carries the
Galileo spacecraft away from the Space Shuttle.
4 This artist's drawings shows the Galileo probe as it descends
into Jupiter's stormy atmosphere to take samples of cloud
layers. The probe will transmit its data to the orbiter which
will send it back to Earth.
5 The Magellan spacecraft undergoes testing at Martin Marietta
Astronautics in Denver. To save costs, several major pieces of
Magellan's hardware are spares from other missions.
6 The Magellan spacecraft, attached to an Inertial Upper Stage
(IUS) rocket, is carried into low Earth orbit by the space
shuttle. Magellan will travel one and half times around the Sun
before it arrives at Venus 15 months after launch.
7 This artist's drawing shows the Magellan spacecraft with its
solar panels pointed toward the Sun as it begins its orbit near
the north pole of Venus.
8 This artist's drawing shows the Magellan spacecraft in an
elliptical orbit around Venus and illustrates the mapping and
data transmission phases of the mission.
9 The Mars Observer spacecraft scans the surface of the red planet
from its orbit in this artist's drawing. Mars Observer is the
first mission to use the new, low-cost Observer class
spacecraft.
10 The Mars Rover Sample Return (MRSR) mission will send a lander
to Mars to collect soil samples for transport to Earth. The
mission would be a precursor to eventual manned Mars
exploration.
11 Ulysses, a joint project between NASA and the European Space
Agency, will carry nine instruments to conduct experiments at
polar regions of the Sun and in interstellar space never before
explored.
12 In this artist's drawing, the Comet Rendezvous Asteroid Flyby
(CRAF) spacecraft ejects a penetrator toward the nucleus of a
comet. CRAFT is the first mission of the Mariner Mark II series
of spacecraft.
13 The Cassini spacecraft arrives at Titan, Saturn's largest moon,
in this artist's drawing. This Mariner Mark II spacecraft will
orbit Saturn and carry a probe to sample the atmosphere of
Titan. Cassini is a joint Nasa-European Space Agency project.
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14 NASA's Hubble Space Telescope will carry JPL's Wide-
Field/Planetary Camera as one of its five astronomical
instruments. In this drawing, a shuttle approaches the
telescope so that the astronauts may perform periodic
maintenance.
15 The Ocean Topography Experiment (TOPEX/Poseidon) is an
international effort will be launched aboard a French Ariane
rocket to study a variety of sea phenomena.
16 JPL's Atmospheric Trace Molecule Spectroscopy (ATMOS) instrument
sits in the cargo bay of the Space Shuttle and looks at Earth's
atmosphere to determine its composition at various altitudes.
17 JPL's Shuttle Imaging Radar (SIR) flies in the shuttle cargo bay
and has the ability to collect data over virtually any region,
with no regard for weather or sunlight.
18 The NASA Scatterometer (NSCAT) will make high-resolution
measurements of winds near the ocean's surfaces to determine how
the sea and air interact.
19 The Earth Observing System (Eos) will carry about 10 instruments
to observe the surface and atmosphere of the planet for more
than a decade; it is a major element of NASA's Mission to Planet
Earth.
20 The Thousand Astronomical Units (TAU) mission would be launched
from the Space Station and would travel 1,000 astronomical units
(93 billion miles) from the Sun in a 40 year period to broaden
the baseline for astrometric measurements of the stars.
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VOYAGER MISSION TO NEPTUNE - JPL17_:
Two Voyager spacecraft were launched in 1977 from Kennedy Space
Center in Florida. Voyager 1 flew by Jupiter in March 1979 and
Saturn in November 1980. Voyager 2 flew by Jupiter in July 1979,
Saturn in August 1981, Uranus in January 1986 and Neptune in August
1989. The two spacecraft are now traveling out of the solar system
into interstellar space -- searching for the heliopause, or the
outer boundary of the Sun's energy influence.
1 False-color image of Neptune. Red areas are semitransparent
haze covering planet.
2 Neptune's Great Dark Spot, accompanied by white high-altitude
clouds.
3 Cloud systems in Neptune's southern hemisphere.
4 Neptune through various camera filters. Views reveal altitude
data on cloud features.
5 Great Dark Spot. This storm system rotates counterclockwise.
6 High-altitude cloud streaks in Neptune's atmosphere.
7 Two views of satellite 1989N2. Dark, irregularly shaped moon
was discovered by Voyager 2.
8 Satellite 1989N1, discovered by Voyager 2.
9 Neptune's ring system, shown in two exposures lasting nearly 10
minutes each.
10 Detail of Neptune's rings.
11 Bright southern hemisphere on Triton.
12 View about 300 miles across of Triton's surface.
13 Triton from 80,000 miles. Long feature is probably a narrow
down-dropped fault block.
14 Triton's south polar terrain. About 50 dark plumes mark what
may be ice volcanoes.
15 Triton from 25,000 miles. Depressions may be caused by melting
and collapsing of icy surface.
16 Computer-generated perspective view of one of Triton's caldera-
like depressions.
17 High-resolution color mosaic of Triton.
18 Triton just after closest approach.
19 Post-encounter view of Neptune's south pole.
20 Neptune and Triton 3 days after flyby. Triton is smaller
crescent and is closer to viewer.
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MAGELLAN AT VENUS - JPL18_:
Magellan is a NASA spacecraft mission to map the surface of Venus
with imaging radar. The basic scientific instrument in a synthetic
aperture radar, or SAR, which can look through the thick clouds
perpetually shielding the surface of Venus. Magellan is in orbit
around Venus which completes one turn around its axis in 243 Earth
days. That period of time, one Venus rotation, is the length of
Magellan's primary mission. During that time Magellan will map
about 80% of the Venus surface. Subsequent missions of equal
duration will provide complete mapping of the planet. Magellan was
launched May 4, 1989, aboard the space shuttle Atlantis and went
into orbit around Venus August 10, 1990. The spacecraft completes
one orbit every 3 hours and 15 minutes, passing as close to the
planet as 294 kilometers (183 miles) and as far away from Venus as
8,742 kilometers (5,265 miles). The smallest visible objects
measure approximately 120 meters (400 feet).
1 P-36644 Trough feature, 28 km wide, 60 S, 347 E.
2 P-36698 Wind streaks and fractured plains, 40 km wide, NE of
Ushas Mons.
3 P-36699 Gridded plains, 37 km wide, 30 N, 333 E.
4 P-36838 Mosaic of area between Navka and Lavinia Planitia, 475
km wide, 20 S, 337 E.
5 P-36908 Western part of Clotho Tessera, 300 km wide, 55 N,
335 E.
6 P-36909 Soviet Venera (Behepa) 8 landing site in Navka, 400 km
wide, 10 S, 335 E.
7 P-37125 "Pancake" volcanic domes, average 25 km diameter, 30 S,
11.8 E.
8 P-37128 Impact crater Aurelia, 31.9 km diameter, 20.3 N,
331.8 E.
9 P-37135 Ridge belts in Lavinia Region, 615 km wide, 40 S,
342.5 E.
10 P-37137 False-color image of Sacajawea Patera Volcano, 120 km
wide, 215 km long, 64.5 N, 337 E.
11 P-31718 "Turtle-Back" fractured dome in Freyja Montes, 70 km
wide, 72 N, 342 E.
12 P-37139 Lakshmi Planum/Clotho Tessera, 250 km wide, 61 N, 341 E.
13 P-37140 Cleopatra impact crater, 100 km diameter, 66 N, 10 E.
14 P-31741 W. region of Maxwell Montes & Lakshmi Planum, 300 km
wide, 65 N, 357 E.
15 P-37236 Fractures and lava-flooded crater, 300 km wide, 60 S,
352 E.
16 P-37264 Sinuous volcanic channel N of Freyja Montes, 77 km wide,
76.5 N, 335 E.
17 P-37296 Dark halo impact crater in Lavinia, 38 km diameter, 2 km
high, 21 N, 352 E.
18 P-37342 False-color image of volcano Sif Mons, 300 km diameter,
2 km high, 21 N, 352 E.
19 P-37375 Mosais of 3 impact craters and fractured plains in
Lavinia Planitia, 500 km wide, 27 S, 339 E.
20 P-37431 False-color perspective of SE rim of Lakshmi Planum,
Danu Montes rises 1.5 km above plateau (upper center).
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CASSINI/HUYGENS - JPL19_:
1 The Saturn System (P-23209C/BW): This montage of images of the
Satrunian system was prepared from an assemblage of images taken
by the Voyager 1 spacecraft during its Saturn encounter November
1980. This artist's arrangement shows Dione in the forefront,
Saturn rising behind, Tethys and Mimas fading in the distance to
the right, Enceladus and Rhea off Saturn's rings to the left,
and Titan in its distant orbit at the top.
2 Science Objectives for Cassini/Huygens (P-30821): The objectives
can be broken up into five scientific categories, as shown, and
include Magnetosphere, Saturn, Rings, Titan and Icy Satellites.
3 Cassini Interplanetary Trajectory: Depicts the planned Cassini
Interplanetary Trajectory beginning with launch from Earth on 26
November 1995, followed by gravity assist flybys of Venus (2
December 1996), Earth (5 July 1998) and Jupiter (4 April 2000).
A close flyby of the asteroid Clarissa occurs on 18 November
1998. Saturn arrival is scheduled for 25 June 2004, beginning
of a four year orbital tour of the Saturn system.
4 Cassini Saturn Arrival and Initial Orbit: This schematic
illustrates Cassini Saturn arrival and initial orbit. The
Cassini spacecraft enters the Saturn system and performs an
orbit insertion burn on 25 June 2004 to slow the spacecraft, put
it into orbit around Saturn and start the four year orbital
mission. A periapse raise maneuver is performed on 2 September
2004 to increase the minimum orbital distance and avoid Saturn's
rings. They Huygens probe is released on 20 Oct. 2004 and the
spacecraft performs an orbiter deflection maneuver 2 11/14/80.
5 Titan (P-23108 C): A thick haze layer is shown in this enhanced
Voyager 1 image taken November 12, 1980 at a distance of 435,000
kilometers (270,000 miles). Voyager images of Saturn's largest
moon show Titan completely enveloped by haze that merges with a
darker "hood" or cloud layer over the north pole. Such a mantle
is not present at the south pole. At Voyager's closest approach
on Nov. 11, 1980, instruments found that this moon has a sub-
stantial atmosphere, far denser than Mars' and possibly Earth's.
6 Entry! (P-38119): Artist's conception of Cassini Orbiter with
the Huygens Probe entering Titan's atmosphere.
7 Huygens Descent Profile: This picture illustrates the Huygens
Probe descent profile, beginning with the initial encounter with
the Titan atmosphere and subsequent deceleration. As the probe
slows a small parachute is released which deploys the main probe
parachute. Once the parachute is fully open the decelerator
shield is jettisoned and the probe drifts toward Titan's liquid
or solid surface. About 40 km above the surface the parachute
is jettisoned and the probe falls freely the remaining distance.
Science data are continuously being transmitted by the probe to
the orbiter for relay to earth. On impact, a small science
package is released and a few minutes of post-impact science
data are transmitted to the orbiter.
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8 Titan Radar (P-34839): This artist's conception illustrates the
radar's capability to map the surface of Titan. Radar images of
the surface are taken at a typical resolution of about 500 m.
Altimetry and subsurface sounding measurements are made also.
9 Cassini Orbital Tour: This schematic depicts the first 36
orbits of the four year Saturn orbital tour. These orbits lie
primarily in the equatorial plane of Saturn and contain close
flybys of many of Saturn's ice satellites. The final orbits
will place the spacecraft in a highly inclined orbit about
Saturn's pole and provide excellent ring viewing and
observations of Saturn and its magnetosphere at high latitudes.
10 Hyperion (P-23936 C/BW): Voyager 2 obtained this closeup view
of Saturn's satellite Hyperion on August 24 from about 500,000
km. (300,000 miles). This photo was compiled from three
separate images taken through violet, clear and green filters.
It shows Hyperion to be an irregular, disc-shaped body. Its
longest dimension is 360 km. (225 mi.), but in this view it
presents a face measuring 325 km. by 250 km. (200 mi. by 150
mi.). The irregular shape is probably a result of repeated
impacts that have taken off large pieces of the satellite. The
large indentation at the bottom limb is one such crater; it is
about 100 km (60 mi) across. The numerous small pits are impact
craters, the smallest is about 10-20 km (6-12 mi.) across.
11 Enceladus (P-23955 C/BW): This Voyager 2 mosaic of Enceladus
was made from images taken through the clear, violet and green
filters August 25 from a distance of 119,000 kilometers (74,000
miles). In many ways, the surface of this satellite of Saturn
resembles that of Jupiter's Galilean satellite Ganymede.
Enceladus, however, is only one-tenth Ganymede's size. Some
regions of Enceladus show impact craters up to 35 km. (22 mi.)
in diameter, whereas other areas are smooth and uncratered.
Linear sets of grooves tens of kilometers long traverse the
surface and are probably faults resulting from deformation of
the crust. The uncratered regions are geologically young and
suggest that Enceladus has experienced a period of relatively
recent internal melting. The rims of several craters near the
lower center of the picture have been flooded by the smooth
terrain. The satellite is about 500 km. (310 mi.) in diameter
and has the brightest and whitest surface of any of Saturn's
satellites. Features as small as 2 km. (1.2 mi.) are visible in
this highest-resolution view of Enceladus.
12 Far encounter from Voyager shows a "classical" image of Saturn.
13 Saturnian Clouds #1 (P-23062 C/BW): This enhanced color image
of the northern hemisphere of Saturn taken by NASA's Voyager 1
on November 5, 1980 at a range of 9 million kilometers (5.5
million miles) shows a variety of features in Saturn's clouds:
Small-scale convective cloud features are visible in the brown
belt; an isolated convective cloud with a dark ring is seen in
the light brown zone; and a longitudinal wave is visible in the
light blue region. The smallest features visible in this
photograph are 175 kilometers (108.7 mi.) across.
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14 Saturnian Clouds #2 (P-23922C): This false color picture of
Saturn's northern hemisphere was assembled from ultraviolet,
violet and green images obtained August 19 by Voyager 2 from a
range of 7.1 million kilometers (4.4 million miles). The
several weather patterns evident include three spots flowing
westward about 15-meters-per-second (33 mph). Although the
cloud system associated with the western-most spot is part of
this flow, the spot itself moves eastward at about 30 meters-
per-second (65 mph). Their joint flow shows the anti-cyclonic
rotation of the spot, which is about 3,000 km (1,900 mi.) in
diameter. The ribbon-like feature to the north marks a high-
speed jet where wind speeds approach 150 meters/sec. (330 mph).
15 Colors of Saturn's Rings (P-23953C): Possible variations in
chemical composition from one part of Saturn's ring system to
another are visible in this Voyager 2 picture as subtle color
variations that can be recorded with special computer-processing
techniques. This highly enhanced color view was assembled from
clear, orange and ultraviolet frames obtained August 17 from a
distance of 8.9 million kilometers (5.5 million miles). In
addition to the previously known blue color of the C-ring and
the Cassini Division, the picture shows additional color
differences between the inner B-ring and outer region (where the
spokes form) and between these and the A-ring.
16 Ring Spokes (P-23925 B/W): Voyager 2 obtained this high-
resolution picture of Saturn's rings August 22, when the
spacecraft was 4 million kilometers (2.5 million miles) away.
Evident here are the numerous "spoke" features in the B-ring;
their sharp, narrow appearance suggests short formation times.
Scientists think electromagnetic forces are responsible in some
way for these features, but no detailed theory has been worked
out. Such pictures and analyses of Voyager 2's spoke movies may
reveal more clues about the origins of these complex structures.
17 "Braided Ring" (P-23099 B/W): Saturn's F, or outermost ring was
photographed from the un-illuminated face of the rings by
Voyager 1 at a range of 750,000 kilometers (470,000 mi.).
Complex structure is evident, with several components seen. Two
narrow, braided, bright rings that race distinct orbits are
evident. Visible is a broader, very diffuse component about 35
km. (20 mi.) in width. Also seen are "knots," which probably
are local clumps of ring material, but may be mini-moons.
18 Cassini Spacecraft (with Huygens Probe detached): The remote
sensing instrument platform is on a boom in the foreground,
complete with its irregularly spaced sun shade. The long,
narrow plasma wave antennas are shown attached to the
magnetometer boom. The rotating turntable is shown on a boom
extending away from the craft, along with its curved sun shade.
19 Cassini Spacecraft (view from direction opposite of Slide #18).
20 Comparison of Voyager, Galileo and Cassini Spacecraft:
Schematics of the Voyager, Galileo and CRAF/Cassini are shown.
CRAF/Cassini is the largest of the three and, to date, will be
the largest spacecraft sent to the outer solar system.