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Image: Artist's conception of NASA solar polar spacecraft

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Description: Original description: NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION FOR RELEASE: May 16, 1978 No. 78-H-237, 78-HC-189 SUNWARD BOUND - Two proposed solar polar spacecraft, nested atop the Space Shuttle's Solid Spinning Upper Stage, begin a voyage to the Sun's polar regions by way of Jupiter. The spacecraft, one designed and built by NASA, the second by the European Space Agency, would be launched in 1983. Jet Propulsion Laboratory would have management responsibility for the U.S. spacecraft and would be control center for the mission.
Title: Artist's conception of NASA solar polar spacecraft
Credit: NASA Image 78-H-237 and 78-HC-189
Author: NASA
Permission: PD-NASA
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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