The Interstellar Age (42 page)

Elliot, Jim,
184

Enceladus,
131
,
142
,
146
–147,
151
,
158
–159,
166
,
241
,
243

Eratosthenes,
225

Eris,
242
,
243

Europa,
115
,
120
–125,
127
,
130
–132,
166
,
241
,
243

Extrasolar planets,
282
–288

Extraterrestrial life,
75
,
77
,
80
,
104
–105,
131
,
287
,
289
.
See also
Messages sent into space

Fanale, Fraser,
197
–198,
211

Federally Funded Research and Development Center,
50

Ferdowsi, Bobak,
268

Ferris, Timothy,
83
,
85
,
90

Fisk, Len,
234
–235,
266

Flandro, Gary,
42
–47,
105

Flight Data System,
52
,
53

Flight Engineering Office,
14
–15

Flight Operations Office,
15

Flight Science Office,
14
,
15

Forward scattering,
128

Friedman, Louis,
24

Galilean satellites,
104
,
131

Galileo,
25
–26,
51
,
120
,
124
,
126
,
129
,
189
,
237

Galileo Galilei,
103
,
165
–166

Galle, Johann,
193
,
211

Ganymede,
107
,
115
,
126
,
127
,
131
,
166
,
241
,
243

“Gas giants,”
206
,
208
–209,
288

German Space Operations Center,
162

Geysers,
216
–217

Gliese 445 star,
280
–281,
289

Gloeckler, George,
266
–267

Golden Record

background,
77
–84

content,
84
–97

cover,
85
–90

future of,
288
–289

mounting location,
85

NASA approval,
90

sounds on,
84

“Grand Tour of the Solar System!,”
7
–8

“Grand Tour” trajectory,
45
–49,
141
–142

Gravity assist,
41
–47,
105
–106,
192

Great Red Spot,
103
–104,
128
–129

Ground Data Systems Office,
15

Gurnett, Don,
264
–266

Hale-Bopp Comet,
280

Hale Telescope,
59

Hammel, Heidi,
20
,
35
,
60
–61,
143
,
180
,
188
–189,
204
–205,
209
,
210

Hansen, Candice “Candy,”
65
–66,
68
,
109
–112,
132
,
152
,
157
,
162
–163,
202
,
203
,
204
,
212
,
230
,
235
–236

Harch, Ann,
36
,
69

Hawking, Stephen,
81

Haynes, Norm,
235

Heliopause,
247
,
254
,
257
,
258
–271

Heliosheath,
257
,
258
–259

Heliosphere,
244
–251,
256
–257,
259
–261

Helium,
134
,
208
,
244
,
259
,
279

Herschel, Caroline,
166
–167

Herschel, John,
166

Herschel, William,
165
–166,
191

High Bay Spacecraft Assembly Facility,
57
–58

Hoagland, Richard,
75
,
156
–157

Hooke, Robert,
103

“Hot Jupiters,”
283

Hubble Space Telescope,
29
,
51
,
130
,
168
,
185
,
188
,
250

Huygens
Titan lander,
156
,
189

Hyakutake Comet,
280

Hydrocarbons,
139
,
140
,
141

Hydrogen,
86
,
88
–89,
91
–92,
134
,
178
,
179
,
208
,
244
,
252
,
254
,
259

Iapetus,
142
,
145

IAU (International Astronomical Union),
242
–243

Ice, on Uranus and Neptune,
179
,
208
–209

“Ice giants,”
208
–209,
287
–288

Image motion compensation,
173
–174

Image processing

Caltech/JPL staff,
29
–39

early technology,
10

from
Voyager
in future,
281
–282

Voyager
team,
15
,
109
–114,
116
–119,
128
,
150
–151,
173
–174,
202
–203,
252

Images, Golden Record contents,
84
–93,
94

Infrared radiometer interferometer and spectrometer instrument (IRIS),
67

Infrared Telescope Facility (IRTF),
58
–59

Ingersoll, Andy,
128
–129,
150
,
203
–204,
205

Instruments,
15
–16

International Astronomical Union (IAU),
242
–243

Interstellar medium,
244

Interstellar space,
244
–251,
253
–258

Interstellar wind,
244

Io,
107
,
109
,
111
,
114
–120,
127
,
166
,
242
,
243

IRIS (infrared radiometer interferometer and spectrometer instrument),
67

IRTF (Infrared Telescope Facility),
58
–59

Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)

Building
179
,
57
–58

Building
264
,
34
,
176
,
219

Caltech management,
27

Deep Space Network management,
63

facilities,
49

“Grand Tour” mission,
45
–48

gravity assist research,
42

High Bay Spacecraft Assembly Facility,
57
–58

NASA affiliation,
49
–50

project management,
14
–15

Voyager
spacecraft construction,
49
–58

Voyager
team,
162

Johnson, Torrence,
20
,
116
–117,
118
,
119
,
159
,
202
,
203