Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Pasadena, CA: California Institute of Technology, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 1982. Tailored compilation, unknown number of these specific sets assembled. Folder, with multiple inserts. Scarce compilation of publications and 14 photographs. Folder is worn/torn and approximately 9 inches by 12 inches, with impressive color space photographs on front and back. Inside there are two/pockets with text and inserts in each side. On the left side there is a pamphlet JPL Closeup, approximately 8.5 inches by 8.5 inches. 16 pages plus covers. Illustrated. Dated 5/80. The second item is entitles Voyager at Saturn: 1981. It is approximately 8.5 inches by 11 inches. It has an illustration on the front cover. It is dated on the back as produced in 1981. It is 16 pages plus covers, with illustrations (some in color). On the right side is Voyager 1 Encounters Saturn, JPL 400-100 dated 12/80. It is approximately 8.5 inches by 11 inches. It has 40 pages plus covers and is illustrated (some in color). There are 6 8.5 inches by 11 inch color photographs with substantial text on the back of each. The Voyager Jupiter photographs are designated Voyager 1-47 P-21182 March 3, 1979, Voyager 1-143 P-21457 March 3, 1979, Voyager 1-149 P-21631 undated; Voyager 1-S-13, P-23058 November 6, 1980, Voyager 1-S-54, P-23178 November 15, 1980, and Voyager 1-S-82 P=23400 undated. There are 8 approximately 8 inch by 10 inch photographs, 2 in black and white and six color. The Voyager Jupiter images are P-23876C, August 13, 1981, P-23912C/BW, August 21, 1981, P-23913C, August 21, 1981, P-23887C/BW, August 24, 1981, P-23922C, August 24, 1981, P-23927C, August 25, 1981, P-23932BW, August 25, 1981, and P-23933BW, August 25, 1981. Each image back has text taped to it. Folder, with multiple inserts The Jet Propulsion Laboratory is a research, development, and flight center owned by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and operated by the California Institute of Technology. JPL's primary responsibility is the investigation of the solar system with automated scientific spacecraft. The Laboratory's activities, however, are not limited to space exploration. The basic research and development in support of space exploration involves a broad spectrum of scientific and engineering disciplines; the resulting technological and managerial capabilities are finding increasing application to medical and environmental problems on earth, especially in the area of solar energy research. To provide spacecraft tracking and communications for deep-space missions, JPL designed, developed, and manages the Deep Space Network (DSN), with stations in California, Spain, and Australia. The twin Voyager 1 and 2 spacecraft are exploring where nothing from Earth has flown before. Continuing on their more-than-40-year journey since their 1977 launches, they each are much farther away from Earth and the sun than Pluto. In August 2012, Voyager 1 made the historic entry into interstellar space, the region between stars, filled with material ejected by the death of nearby stars millions of years ago. Voyager 2 entered interstellar space on November 5, 2018 and scientists hope to learn more about this region. Both spacecraft are still sending scientific information about their surroundings through the Deep Space Network, or DSN. The primary mission was the exploration of Jupiter and Saturn. After making a string of discoveries there — such as active volcanoes on Jupiter's moon Io and intricacies of Saturn's rings — the mission was extended. Condition: Good.
Keywords: NASA, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Deep Space Network, Saturn, Voyager 1, Space Photographs, JPL, National Aeronautics and Space, Exploration, Spacecraft
[Book #81051]
Price: $350.00