January 2016
Is Jupiter Really Our Protective Shield?
...‘…there are several ways in which Jupiter (and Saturn) may fail to form in systems for which ... and W. I. Newman 1990. A computer search for stable orbits between Jupiter and Saturn. Icarus 83, 382-390. 27 Gladman, B. and M. Duncan 1990. On the ...
July 2020
Lego’s replica space programme
... answer, of course, depends on one’s personal perspective, but these creations are arguably part of our culture. The Saturn V’s three stages can be separated for display. In general terms, we have seen a blurring of the cultural boundaries between...
July 2019
Lessons from our first race to the Moon
...presence of the world’s media. Wernher von Braun stands beside Saturn V engines. There was no equivalent of NASA in the ...rocket with somewhat greater power. It was well short of the Saturn V’s 140 tons - eventually a version capable of placing 95...
17 December 2015
Last look at geological activity on Enceladus before Cassini moves on
...artist’s rendering showing a cutaway view into the interior of Saturn’s moon Enceladus, suggested to have a global ocean and ... on Enceladus was made not long after Cassini arrived at Saturn, and it quickly prompted changes to the mission's flight plan...
March 2016
Why We Need Space Artists
...Bonestell’s first published astronomical art was a series of paintings of Saturn from its (then nine) moons for a 1944 issue of ... a year of 88. Jupiter used to have 11 satellites, while Saturn, with nine, was the only planet - perhaps in the entire...
15 September 2017
A sad farewell as Cassini takes its final plunge...
...; a series of 22 orbits that each pass between Saturn and its spectacular rings. This last fling around the ... its demise. Very shortly Cassini is due to dramatically plunge into Saturn’s atmosphere to burn up and disintegrate like a meteor, all the...
