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Blog August 2004 Archive

By Nick Greene, About.com Guide to Space / Astronomy since 1997

You Want Saturn Pictures? We've Got Saturn Pictures

Wednesday August 4, 2004
Launched from Kennedy Space Center on Oct. 15, 1997, the Cassini-Huygens spacecraft reached Saturn in July 2004. Cassini-Huygens is an international collaboration between three space agencies. Seventeen nations contributed to Read More...

Jupiter - Astronomy Solar System Tour

Wednesday August 4, 2004
On January 7, 1610, while skygazing from his garden in Padua, Italy, astronomer Galileo Galilei was surprised to see four small "stars" near Jupiter. He had discovered Jupiter's four largest Read More...

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