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Feb - Mar 99
COLOR ARTWORK
"A
Bussard Ramscoop Jupiter-type Planet and M3"
By Leland Long
Traveling at a large fraction of light speed, a Bussard ramscoop spacecraft collects interstellar protons via an intense magnetic field. The protons are compressed in a fusion drive and the plume exits as a hot plasma of hydrogen and helium. A large Jupiter-type planet is seen close by. The nearby globular cluster is M3, consisting of more than 100,000 metal-poor stars.
"Jupiter Probe"
By Michael B–heme
The Galileo Probe parachutes into the Jovian atmosphere, gently falling between cloud formations the size of continents.
"Rosetta Lander"
By Eric Viktor
Rosetta is a European Space Agency mission to visit a comet. The lander will be carried piggyback by the orbiter and released upon encounter with comet Wirtaanen in 2011.
Copyright © 1999
International Association of Astronomical Artists