The Medium Cut Of Space Exploration
The vicious radiation - over a dozen times more intense than at Europa - will make any actual orbiter of Io itself impractical for a long time, but a Jupiter orbiter as radiation-resistant as the planned Europa Orbiter could make at least 50 close flybys of Io before failing |
Los Angeles - Jan 23, 2001
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New Horizons Remains On Course For January 17 Launch To Pluto
Boulder CO (SPX) Jan 09, 2006
The past two weeks have been pretty quite for our intrepid spacecraft. For the most part, she has slept, un-powered, while launch vehicle and ground system preparations have continued. About the only real action came on January 3rd, when the final flight parameter loads were installed in the twinned computers New Horizons carries within her hull.
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