European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 22, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Friday july 22, 1994 space the stars and stripes Page 9 Galileo captures Impact of Comet by the los Angeles times from its unique Vantage Point in space the Galileo probe wednesday relayed the first direct evidence from the dark Side of Jupiter showing a shattered Comet streaking into the planets atmosphere. Meanwhile the most devastating Salvo of Comet debris yet began to pummel the planet. While astronomers around the world gaped at the spectacle unfolding in the heavens the scientific fallout on Earth was just beginning. Scientists at the National aeronautics and space administration s Jet propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena Calif said that the $892 million Galileo probe which has the 6nly direct View of the fragments As they hit Jupiter a nigh Side had detected the intense flare from two immense chunks of Comet Shoemaker Tovy 9 entering the planets atmosphere. This was a prelude to what they hoped later would be actual i Nages of the unusual shooting stars plummeting Quot into Jupiter s Clouds. The spacecrafts Light detecting infrared photometer caught the meteoric streaks of fragment a which struck monday and fragment a which hit tuesday Terry z. Martin jul science coordinator for the sensor said wednesday. The probe which is scheduled to begin a two year orbit of the planet in december 1995, was about 150 million Miles from the planet when it re corded the flashes. Moon Walker tells children. Meanwhile planetary scientists at the Goddard space flight Center in Maryland and elsewhere around the country began to sift through mountains of data from the impacts this week looking for clues to what lies in Jupiter a hidden Depths and the composition of comets which scientists believe have been circling the solar system since creation. The results of their research will be hammered out in science journals and astronomy conferences for years to come. A the Best Way to see How something works is to give it a poke and see what happens. We just gave Jupiter a atmosphere a great poke a said University of Arizona scientist Roger Yelle who is analysing spectrograph readings from the Hubble space Telescope. A eventually by analysing Comet debris we might be Able to say something about the composition of the Early solar system.�?�. So far scientists taking their first detailed look at the roiling Clouds of debris Nave been chagrined to find no Trace of water and surprised to discover Fulfur. Preliminary analysis has also revealed ammonia methane and possibly Hydrogen sulfite. Finding moisture in Jupiter a thick atmosphere is important because it would help confirm or refute scientists calculations As to now the air on planets is formed and How it evolves. Analysing the Fulfur Content could provide clues to the depth to which the fragments penetrated before exploding and to the yellow in Jupiter a colourful Clouds. The rising plume caused by the Impact of fran font h of Comet Shoemaker Levy 9 shows up at the lower left on this infrared image taken by the european Southern Observatory and released wednesday. The Impact of fragment g is also marked at lower right. The largest of Jupiter a 16 satellites Ganymede is at upper left. Of bigger Steps Washington a the 25 years since he put the first human footprint on the Moon have not been unkind to Neil Armstrong. He a grayer and heavier but he a still the poet who gave the world. One Smalt step for a Man one giant leap for on wednesday the Silver anniversary of the first Landing on the Moon Armstrong stood with his to Apollo 11 comrades in the White House before is other Apollo astronauts and president Clinton. Armstrong addressed his remarks not to them but to group of Grade schoo scientists. A to you we say a we have Only completed a beginning a a Armstrong said. We leave you with much that is undone. There Are great ideas undiscovered breakthroughs available. A there Are places to go beyond belief. Those challenges Are yours a in Many Fields not the least of which is space because there lies human Armstrong a fellow Moon Walker Buzz Aldrin and command module Pilot Michael Collins who orbited the Moon awaiting their return did not speak. Clinton praised the three As a your guides to the wondrous the unimaginable at that time the True Handiwork of at 4 17 41 . Edt on sunday july 20, 1969, Armstrong and Aldrin set their lunar Lander Down on the Moons sea of Tranquillity with Only seconds of fuel left after dodging boulders. A the Eagle has landed a Armstrong radioed to nasal a Mission control. It was the first time humans had travelled to another heavenly body and the world rejoiced at the enormity of the achievement. Church Bells rang people prayed and 500 million or More around the world sat entranced in front of their television sets to watch the ghostly figures 250,000 Miles away descend to the Dusty Virgin surface. Five other Apollo ships carried pairs of astronauts to different parts of the Moon but interest dropped and a jaded nation stopped the Apollo adventure. A for every american who followed your journey especially for those of us who were Young on that fateful Day 25 years ago and for the Young americans who still dream Neil Armstrong left Buzz Aldrin Center and Michael Collins stand before a photo or Aldrin on the Moon during a White House ceremony wednesday celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Apollo 11 flight and Moon Landing. Dreams of a future in space we thank you All a the president said. For the astronauts invited to the ceremony it was not so much an anniversary As a reunion. They represented the glory Days of space Alan Shepard jr., whose 15-minute flight was America s first John Glenn jr., who first wore the american Flag in orbit around the Globe James Lovell jr., whose Apollo 13 ship was crippled by an explosion 200,000 Miles out and John Young whose record six flights spanned the gemini Apollo and space shuttle programs. On shuttle space Center Houston apr columbian a astronauts conducted a final round of Laboratory experiments thursday after paying tribute to the astronauts of Apollo 11 and their historic feat 25 years ago. Astronaut Carl Walz sent Down a message on behalf of the seven member Crew at 10 56 . Wednesday the moment Neil Armstrong took the first human step on the Moon. A this occasion was unique in human history the fulfilment of one of humanity a oldest desires to explore to the limits and then to go beyond a Walz said. He added that Columbia is taking a its own Small step on the 14-Day science Mission which focuses on ways humans could live permanently in space. A we Hope that our research. And the International space station will continue to buoy up the human spirit and capture the imagination of this generation and generations to come a Walz said. Columbia is the first shuttle to be in orbit during an Apollo 11 anniversary. Astronaut Leroy Chiao tried to replace a blown fuse on equipment for the 82nd and final Experiment of the Mission thursday but he found a different electrical problem inside the unit and the plan was scrapped. The fuse blew on wednesday inside a French built electrophoresis unit which uses an electric Field to separate biological materials into components. The failure left chief Mission scientist Robert Snyder the Only researcher on the ground to come away empty handed. His Experiment was to have studied How particles in space can be separated using an electrical Field. Many of the 82 experiments involved watching fish newts and flies to see How they reproduce and develop in space
