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Carolyn C. Porco (born March 6, 1953) is an American planetary scientist who explores the outer Solar System, beginning with her imaging work on the Voyager missions to Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune in the 1980s.
Carolyn Porco is the leader of the imaging science team on the Cassini mission in orbit around Saturn from 2004 to 2017, a veteran imaging scientist of the Voyager mission to the outer solar system in the 1980s, and an associate member of the New Horizons mission to Pluto and the Kuiper Belt.
Carolyn Porco is a planetary scientist and imaging team leader for the Cassini mission at Saturn. Includes a biography, images, and videos of the astronomer, plus info on speaking engagements.
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Carolyn C. Porco is an American planetary scientist known for her work in the exploration of the outer solar system, beginning with her imaging work on the Voyager missions to Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune in the 1980s.
Feb 14, 2005 · Carolyn Porco was 13 years old when she experienced her first 'cosmic connection'. She was on a rooftop in the Bronx, of all the unlikely places, peering through a friend's...
Sep 15, 2017 · Carolyn Porco, who led the imaging science team on the Cassini mission, reflects on its remarkable success. After 13 years of discovery, Nasa's Cassini probe is...
Dr. Carolyn Porco is the leader of the Cassini Imaging Science team and UC Berkeley Visiting Scholar. Her specialty is the study of planetary ring and moon interactions, and the study of the geysers on Enceladus.
Planetary scientist Carolyn Porco studies and interprets the photos from NASA space missions like the renowned Voyager mission to the outer solar system in the 1980s and the Cassini-Huygens mission to Saturn.
Planetary scientist Carolyn Porco shows images from the Cassini voyage to Saturn, focusing on its largest moon, Titan, and on frozen Enceladus, which seems to shoot jets of ice.
