Fergus Cassidy

Today was an historic day for space exploration. For the first time, human technology was in operation around five planets, including Earth.

The New Horizons (Nasa) spacecraft is passing Jupiter, using the giant planet's gravitational pull to slingshot its way toward Pluto. Cassini (Nasa) is in orbit around Saturn and a number of vehicles (Nasa) continue to survey Mars.

Venus Express (European Space Agency) is in orbit around Venus.

This entry was posted on Wednesday, 28 February 2007 at 11:52 pm and is filed under Uncategorized.