Voyager Spacecraft During Vibration Testing
Two Voyager spacecraft were launched in 1977 to explore the outer planets and some of their satellites. A prototype Voyager spacecraft is shown at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, as it... More
Europa , the smallest of the Galilean satellites, or Moons , of Jupite...
Europa , the smallest of the Galilean satellites, or Moons , of Jupiter , is seen here as taken by Voyager 1. Range : 2 million km (1.2 million miles) is centered at about the 300 degree Meridian. The bright... More
As Voyager 1 approches Jupiter three of its moons can be seen JPL ref....
As Voyager 1 approches Jupiter three of its moons can be seen JPL ref. No. C-206
Range : top- 86,000 miles bottom- 192,000 mi. These two close-ups o...
Range : top- 86,000 miles bottom- 192,000 mi. These two close-ups of Ganymede, the largest of Jupiter's 13 moons, show different views of the largest block of dark, heavily cratered terrain. The bottom image... More
Range : 7.7 million km. ( 4.8 million miles ) P-29465 In this image c...
Range : 7.7 million km. ( 4.8 million miles ) P-29465 In this image captured by Voyager 2, three newly discovered satellites of Uranus can be seen orbiting outside of the nine known rings of Uranus. The outerm... More
Range : 4.1 million km. ( 2.5 million miles ) P-29466B/W Voyager 2 ha...
Range : 4.1 million km. ( 2.5 million miles ) P-29466B/W Voyager 2 has discovered two 'shepard' satellites associated with the rings of Uranus. The two moons, designated 1986U7 and 1986U8, are seen here on ei... More
This photograph is a Voyager 2 image of one of the moons of Saturn. AR...
This photograph is a Voyager 2 image of one of the moons of Saturn.
P- 24281 Saturn and it's seven moons, as photographed by Voyager 2. co...
P- 24281 Saturn and it's seven moons, as photographed by Voyager 2. composite image
Range : 5 to 6.1 million km. ( 3.1-.8 million miles ) P-29314B/W This...
Range : 5 to 6.1 million km. ( 3.1-.8 million miles ) P-29314B/W This 'family portrait' of Uranus' five largest moons was compiled from images sent back from Voyager 2 The photographs were taken through a clear filter.
P-29521 BW Range: 557,000 kilometers ( 346, 000 miles) The southern he...
P-29521 BW Range: 557,000 kilometers ( 346, 000 miles) The southern hemisphere of Umbriel displays heavy cratering in this Voyager 2 image. This frame, taken through the clear-filter of Voyager's narrow-angle c... More
P-29502C Range: 1.04 million kilometers (650,000 miles) This color pho...
P-29502C Range: 1.04 million kilometers (650,000 miles) This color photo of Umbriel, the darkest of Uranus' five large moons was synthesized from frames exposed with the Voyager narrow-angle camera's violet and... More
P-29519BW Range: 500,000 kilometers (300,000 miles) Several craters ar...
P-29519BW Range: 500,000 kilometers (300,000 miles) Several craters are seen on the surface of 1986U1, one of the several small moons of Uranus discovered by Voyager 2. This single image, a clear-filtered, nar... More
P-34540 Range: 37.3 million kilometers (23.6 million miles) This image...
P-34540 Range: 37.3 million kilometers (23.6 million miles) This image captured by the Voyager 2 spacecraft was used to confirm the discovery of three new satellites orbiting Neptune. The 46-second exposure was... More
P-34669 Range : 2.6 million km. ( 1.6 million m...
P-34669 Range : 2.6 million km. ( 1.6 million miles ) Smallest Resolvable Feature : 50 km or 31 miles These two Voyager 2 images, shot through clear filters, show the largest of the new ... More
Cassini Saturn Probe Undergoes Preflight Testing
(October 31, 1996) The newly assembled Cassini Saturn probe undergoes vibration and thermal testing at the JPL facilities in Pasadena, California. Subjected to weeks of "shake and bake" tests that imitate the f... More
Preparations for adding Cassini's propulsion module
(July 2, 1997) Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) technicians clean and prepare the upper equipment module for mating with the nuclear propulsion module subsystem of the Cassini orbiter in the Payload Hazardous Se... More
Repair to the Huygens probe. NASA public domain image colelction.
(September 10, 1997) Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) workers examine the Huygens probe after removal from the Cassini spacecraft in the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility (PHSF) at KSC. The spacecraft was ret... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- A Centaur upper stage is prepared for ho...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- A Centaur upper stage is prepared for hoisting at Launch Pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Station to be mated with the Titan IV expendable launch vehicle that will propel the Cassini s... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- A Centaur upper stage is hoisted at Laun...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- A Centaur upper stage is hoisted at Launch Pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Station for mating with the Titan IV expendable launch vehicle that will propel the Cassini spacecraft and t... More
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) technicians clean and prepare the upp...
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) technicians clean and prepare the upper equipment module for mating with the propulsion module subsystem of the Cassini orbiter in the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at K... More
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) technicians in a blue crane at the to...
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) technicians in a blue crane at the top of the white upper equipment module (UEM) level the UEM prior to separation from its dolly. The module will be prepared for stacking atop... More
Technicians from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) lower the upper ...
Technicians from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) lower the upper equipment module over a propellant tank in the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at KSC in July prior to installation on the Cassini orb... More
Technicians from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) of the Californi...
Technicians from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) of the California Institute of Technology lift the remote sensing pallet in the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at KSC in July prior to installation o... More
The complete remote sensing pallet is lowered by technicians from the...
The complete remote sensing pallet is lowered by technicians from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) of the California Institute of Technology and mated at the interface with the Cassini spacecraft in the Pa... More
The complete remote sensing pallet is lowered by technicians from th...
The complete remote sensing pallet is lowered by technicians from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) of the California Institute of Technology to mate with the Cassini spacecraft in the Payload Hazardous Se... More
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) technicians reposition and level the ...
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) technicians reposition and level the Cassini orbiter in the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at KSC in July after stacking the craft’s upper equipment module on the propuls... More
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) technicians reposition and level the ...
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) technicians reposition and level the Cassini orbiter in the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at KSC in July after stacking the craft’s upper equipment module on the propuls... More
Flight mechanics from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasad...
Flight mechanics from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, Calif., work on the lifting fixture that picks up the Cassini spacecraft in KSC’s Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility. The orbiter al... More
Flight mechanics from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasad...
Flight mechanics from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, Calif., secure the Cassini spacecraft to its launch vehicle adapter in KSC’s Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility. The adapter will l... More
Flight mechanics from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasad...
Flight mechanics from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, Calif., inspect their work after mating the Cassini spacecraft to its launch vehicle adapter in KSC’s Payload Hazardous Servicing Faci... More
Flight mechanics from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasad...
Flight mechanics from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, Calif., lift the Cassini spacecraft along with its launch vehicle adapter in KSC’s Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility. The black con... More
Flight mechanics from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasad...
Flight mechanics from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, Calif., lower the Cassini spacecraft onto its launch vehicle adapter in KSC’s Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility. The adapter will ... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility PH...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility PHSF at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the Cassini spacecraft is being lifted for placement on a transporter which will move it to La... More
In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility (PHSF), the Cassini spacec...
In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility (PHSF), the Cassini spacecraft is prepared for its lift onto a transporter which will move it to Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral Air Station (CCAS). Cassini is an i... More
The Cassini spacecraft is on view for the media in the Payload Hazardo...
The Cassini spacecraft is on view for the media in the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility (PHSF) at Kennedy Space Center, Florida. The two-story-tall spacecraft, scheduled for launch on an Air Force Titan IV/... More
Richard Spehalski, program manager of the Cassini mission, and Hamid H...
Richard Spehalski, program manager of the Cassini mission, and Hamid Hassan, the European Space Agency Huygens project manager, stand in front of the Cassini spacecraft in the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facili... More
In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility (PHSF), Charley Kohlhase, ...
In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility (PHSF), Charley Kohlhase, Cassini's science and mission design manager, and Richard Spehalski, program manager of the Cassini mission at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laborat... More
Workers in the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility (PHSF) place a pro...
Workers in the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility (PHSF) place a protective covering over the Cassini spacecraft in preparation for its move to Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral Air Station (CCAS). Cassini is... More
Technicians at Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral Air Station (CCAS), c...
Technicians at Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral Air Station (CCAS), connect the crane to the top of the Cassini spacecraft in preparation for the lift to the top of its Titan IV/Centaur launch vehicle. Cassini... More
The Cassini spacecraft is lowered to the top of its Titan IV/Centaur l...
The Cassini spacecraft is lowered to the top of its Titan IV/Centaur launch vehicle at Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral Air Station (CCAS). Cassini is an international mission conducted by the National Aeronau... More
Technicians at Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral Air Station (CCAS), c...
Technicians at Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral Air Station (CCAS), connect the crane to the top of the Cassini spacecraft in preparation for the lift to the top of its Titan IV/Centaur launch vehicle. Cassini... More
The Cassini spacecraft is rolled out of the Payload Hazardous Servicin...
The Cassini spacecraft is rolled out of the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility (PHSF) at Kennedy Space Center, Fla., shortly before being transported to Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Station (CCAS) where i... More
Technicians at Cape Canaveral Air Station (CCAS) begin to remove the t...
Technicians at Cape Canaveral Air Station (CCAS) begin to remove the transportation cover from the Cassini spacecraft after it was lifted to the top of the Titan IV/Centaur launch vehicle at Complex 40. Cassini... More
The Cassini spacecraft arrives at Complex 40, Cape Canaveral Air Stati...
The Cassini spacecraft arrives at Complex 40, Cape Canaveral Air Station (CCAS), where it will be lifted to the top of its Titan IV/Centaur launch vehicle. Cassini is an international mission conducted by the N... More
The Cassini spacecraft, covered by an environmentally controlled prote...
The Cassini spacecraft, covered by an environmentally controlled protective enclosure, is lifted at Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral Air Station (CCAS), in preparation to mate it to the top of its Titan IV/Cen... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- A seven-year journey to the ringed plane...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- A seven-year journey to the ringed planet Saturn begins with the liftoff of a Titan IVB/Centaur carrying the Cassini orbiter and its attached Huygens probe. Launch occurred at 4:43... More
A seven-year journey to the ringed planet Saturn begins with the lifto...
A seven-year journey to the ringed planet Saturn begins with the liftoff of a Titan IVB/Centaur carrying the Cassini orbiter and its attached Huygens probe. Launch occurred at 4:43 a.m. EDT, Oct. 15, from Launc... More
A seven-year journey to the ringed planet Saturn begins with the lifto...
A seven-year journey to the ringed planet Saturn begins with the liftoff of a Titan IVB/Centaur carrying the Cassini orbiter and its attached Huygens probe. This spectacular streak shot was taken from Hangar AF... More
A seven-year journey to the ringed planet Saturn begins with the lifto...
A seven-year journey to the ringed planet Saturn begins with the liftoff of a Titan IVB/Centaur carrying the Cassini orbiter and its attached Huygens probe. Launch occurred at 4:43 a.m. EDT, Oct. 15, from Launc... More
A seven-year journey to the ringed planet Saturn begins with the lifto...
A seven-year journey to the ringed planet Saturn begins with the liftoff of a Titan IVB/Centaur carrying the Cassini orbiter and its attached Huygens probe. Launch occurred at 4:43 a.m. EDT, Oct. 15, from Launc... More
Family Portrait of Jupiter Great Red Spot and the Galilean Satellites
This "family portrait," a composite of the Jovian system, includes the edge of Jupiter with its Great Red Spot, and Jupiter's four largest moons, known as the Galilean satellites. From top to bottom, the moons ... More
The Galilean Satellites, NASA / JPL Europa Image
This composite includes the four largest moons of Jupiter which are known as the Galilean satellites. From left to right, the moons shown are Ganymede, Callisto, Io, and Europa. The Galilean satellites were fir... More
The Galilean Satellites, NASA / JPL Europa Image
In this "family portrait," the four Galilean Satellites are shown to scale. These four largest moons of Jupiter shown in increasing distance from Jupiter are (left to right) Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto. ... More
Saturn and 4 Icy Moons, Enhanced Color
Saturn and 4 Icy Moons, Enhanced Color http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA00349 NASA/JPL/USGS
Saturn and 4 Icy Moons in Natural Color
This approximate natural-color image shows Saturn, its rings, and four of its icy satellites. Three satellites (Tethys, Dione, and Rhea) are visible against the darkness of space, and another smaller satellite ... More
Moons Around Saturn - Hubble space telescope images
Moons Around Saturn NASA/JPL/STScI Public domain photograph of NASA experimental aircraft development, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Hubble Observes the Moons and Rings of Uranus
This NASA Hubble Space Telescope image of the planet Uranus reveals the planet rings, at least five of the inner moons, and bright clouds in the planet southern hemisphere. NASA/JPL/STScI
Uranus Rings and Two Moons. NASA public domain image colelction.
Voyager 2 has discovered two hepherd satellites associated with the rings of Uranus. The two moons, designated 1986U7 and 1986U8, are seen here on either side of the bright epsilon ring; all nine of the known U... More
Groovy Rings and Moons - NASA Saturn images
Groovy Rings and Moons NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute Public domain photograph of a solar system, planet, space exploration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Rings and Moons - NASA Saturn images
Rings and Moons NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute Public domain photograph of a solar system, planet, space exploration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
A Halo of Moons - NASA Saturn images
A Halo of Moons NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute Public domain photograph of a solar system, planet, space exploration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Moons and Gaps - NASA Saturn images
Moons and Gaps NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
String of Moons? - NASA Saturn images
String of Moons? NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute Public domain photograph of a solar system, planet, space exploration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Flock of Moons - NASA Saturn images
Flock of Moons NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute Public domain photograph of a solar system, planet, space exploration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Little Moons - Saturn moon Janus, NASA
Little Moons NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
Sister Moons - NASA Tethys images
Sister Moons NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
Moons off the Port Bow. NASA public domain image colelction.
Moons off the Port Bow NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
Amazing Icy Moons - NASA Saturn images
Amazing Icy Moons NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute Public domain photograph of a solar system, planet, space exploration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Aligned Moons - NASA Saturn images
Aligned Moons NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute Public domain photograph - night sky, astronomy, universe, space, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
The Two Moons of Mars as Seen from Mars
The Two Moons of Mars as Seen from Mars NASA/JPL/Cornell/Texas A&M
The Two Moons of Mars As Seen from Husband
The Two Moons of Mars As Seen from Husband NASA/JPL/Cornell/Texas A&M
Two Moons and the Pleiades from Mars
Two Moons and the Pleiades from Mars NASA/JPL/Cornell/Texas A&M
Two Moons and the Pleiades from Mars
Two Moons and the Pleiades from Mars NASA/JPL/Cornell/Texas A&M
Saturn Rings, The In-Between Moons, NASA image
The In-Between Moons NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute Public domain photograph of a solar system, planet, space exploration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Saturn Rings, Switcharoo Moons, NASA image
Switcharoo Moons NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute Public domain photograph of a solar system, planet, space exploration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Moons with Separate Paths - NASA Tethys images
Moons with Separate Paths NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
Saturn Rings, When Moons Align, NASA image
When Moons Align NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute Public domain photograph of a spacecraft, space exploration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Season of Moons - NASA Saturn images
Season of Moons NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
Close to the Shepherd Moons. NASA public domain image colelction.
Close to the Shepherd Moons NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute Public domain photograph of a solar system, planet, space exploration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Moons in Perspective - NASA Saturn images
Moons in Perspective NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute Public domain photograph of a solar system, planet, space exploration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Saturn Rings, Moons Near and Far, NASA image
Distant Rhea right poses here for the Cassini spacecraft, as Pandora hovers against Saturn dark shadow on the rings NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
Small Moons on the Edge. NASA public domain image colelction.
Small Moons on the Edge NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute Public domain photograph of a solar system, planet, space exploration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
The Dancing Moons - Saturn moon Janus, NASA
In their orbital ballet, Janus and Epimetheus swap positions every four years -- one moon moving closer to Saturn, the other moving farther away. The two recently changed positions NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
Saturn Rings, Ring-Hugging Moons, NASA image
Epimetheus floats in the distance below center, showing only the barest hint of its irregular shape. Pandora hides herself in the ringplane, near upper right, appearing as little more than a bump NASA/JPL/Space... More
A Multitude of Moons - NASA Saturn images
Four of Saturn many and varied moons crowd this single frame from Cassini NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
A Tale of Two Moons. NASA public domain image colelction.
A Tale of Two Moons NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute Public domain photograph of a solar system, planet, space exploration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Saturn Rings, Three Moons Meet, NASA image
Three Moons Meet NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
Moons of Interest - NASA Cassini Huygens images
Moons of Interest NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
The Moons are the Stars. NASA public domain image colelction.
The Moons are the Stars NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute Public domain photograph of a solar system, planet, space exploration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Darkened Moons, Searing F Ring. NASA public domain image colelction.
Darkened Moons, Searing F Ring NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
Saturn Rings, Tiny Moons, Big Effects, NASA image
The two prominent dark gaps in Saturn A ring contain small embedded moons and a host of other intriguing features NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
Saturn Rings, Three Little Moons, NASA image
Three of the small worlds that hug the outer edges of Saturn immense ring system are captured in this Cassini spacecraft portrait NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
Moons around Jupiter - NASA Jupiter images
Moons around Jupiter NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute
Storms and Moons - NASA Jupiter images
Storms and Moons NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute
Two Moons Meet over Jupiter. NASA public domain image colelction.
Two Moons Meet over Jupiter NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute
Moons in the Night - NASA Cassini Huygens images
Sunlight makes visible the faint band called the E ring as two moons meet in the sky NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
Saturn Rings, The Gap Moons, NASA image
Saturn ring-embedded moons, Pan and Daphnis, are captured in an alignment they repeat with the regularity of a precise cosmic clock NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
Shepherd Moons - NASA Jupiter images
Shepherd Moons NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute
Jupiter Moons: Family Portrait - NASA Jupiter images
Jupiter Moons: Family Portrait NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute
Saturn Rings, Emergent Moons, NASA image
Emergent Moons NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute Public domain photograph of a solar system, planet, space exploration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description