Contour News Corkscrew Asteroids. A tiny asteroid corkscrewing around Earth for the past seven years is about to leave the neighborhood. Huge Storms Converge. The two biggest storms in the solar system are about to go bump in the night, in plain view of backyard telescopes. Droids on the ISS. A little droid is roaming the corridors of the International Space Station, and more are on the way. An Alignment of Stars and Planets. Something remarkable is about to happe ...

Groundbased Studies of Io Volcanism Summary Starting in December 1989, we have been imaging thermal emission from Io's volcanos from earth-based telescopes at the NASA Infrared Telescope Facility in Hawaii, with an emphasis on good time resolution, high spatial resolution, and short wavelengths (1.7 - 5 microns). Observations have also been made at Lowell Observatory starting in 1995. Eclipses and occultations of Io by Jupiter are used to enhance sensitivity to faint volcanos and to provide sp ...

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NSSDC Master Catalog Display: Spacecraft Cassini NSSDC ID: 1997-061A Other Names Cassini Orbiter 25008 Launch Date/Time: 1997-10-15 at 08:43:00 UTC On-orbit Dry Mass: 2523 kg Nominal Power Output: 640 W Description The Cassini Orbiter's mission consists of delivering a probe (called Huygens, provided by ESA) to Titan, and then remaining in orbit around Saturn for detailed studies of the planet and its rings and satellites. The principal objectives are to: (1) d ...