This is the Web Edition of "A Trip Into Space", a Coimbra-based electronic book on space science. Both the texts and the photos are by courtesy of National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

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S-band high-gain antennaMars - Viking 2 Lander Looking South Of Spacecraft And Utopia Planitia
Sahara DesertThe Earth - The Sahara Desert In Western Algeria
 The Earth - The Central Sahara Desert In Africa
Salton SeaThe Earth - California And Arizona (Imperial Valley)
Sam Rayburn reservoirThe Earth - Houston And The Gulf Coast Of Texas And Louisiana
San Andreas faultThe Earth - California And Arizona (Imperial Valley)
Sandy FlatsMars - Trenches Dug By The Viking 1 Lander In The "Sandy Flats" Location
Sapas MonsVenus - Sapas Mons Volcano
 Venus - Sapas Mons Volcano (False Color Image)
SaskiaVenus - 3-D Perspective View Of The"Crater Farm"
satelliteMars' Satellite Deimos From 1,400 Km
 Mars' Satellite Deimos - Craters And Streaks
 Mars' Satellite Phobos By Viking 1
 Mars' Satellite Phobos And Stickney Crater From 1600 Km
 Mars' Satellite Phobos
 Jupiter - As Seen By Voyager 1
 Jupiter - As Seen By Voyager 2
 Jupiter - The Galilean Satellites
 Jupiter's Satellite Io
 Jupiter's Satellite Io - Volcanic Caldera
 Jupiter's Satellite Io - Close Up
 Jupiter's Satellite Amalthea
 Jupiter's Satellite Callisto
 Jupiter's Satellite Callisto - Close Up
 Jupiter's Satellite Europa - By Galileo Spacecraft
 Jupiter's Satellite Europa - False Color Image Of Surface Features
 Jupiter's Satellite Europa - Two Views Of The Trailing Hemisphere
 Jupiter's Satellite Ganymede 1
 Jupiter's Satellite Ganymede 2
 Jupiter's Satellite Ganymede 8
 Jupiter's Satellite Ganymede - View Of Uruk Sulcus Region
 Jupiter's Satellite Ganymede - View Of The Crater Osiris
 Jupiter's Satellite Ganymede
 Jupiter's Satellite Ganymede - Global View By Galileo Spacecraft
 Jupiter's Satellite Ganymede - Natural Color View
 Jupiter's Satellite Ganymede 17
 Jupiter's Satellite Ganymede 19
 Saturn's Satellite Rhea
 Saturn's Satellite Titan
 Saturn's Satellite Titan - Surface View
 Saturn's Satellite Enceladus
 Saturn's Satellite Mimas
 Saturn's Satellite Tethys
 Uranus' Satellite Ariel - Color Image From 170,000 Km
 Uranus' Satellite Oberon
 Uranus' Satellite Miranda - Color Image From 147,000 Km
 Uranus' Satellite Titania - Color Image From 500,000 Km
 Uranus' Satellite Titania
 Neptune - Leverrier And Adams Rings And Satellite Larissa
 Neptune's Satellite Larissa
 Neptune's Satellite Proteus
 1989N1 (Neptune's satellite)
 Neptune's Satellite Triton - Two Days Before Voyager 2 Closest Approach
 Neptune's Satellite Triton
 Pluto - Map Of The Surface
satellitesSaturn - An Infrared View
 Saturn - Small Satellites
SaturnSolar System Family
 Solar System Family Portrait II
 Saturn From Voyager 2
 Saturn - False Color Image
 Saturn - Ring System
 Saturn's F-Ring
 Saturn - Aurorae
 Saturn - Hubble Observes A New Storm
 Saturn - An Infrared View
 Saturn's Satellite Rhea
 Saturn's Satellite Titan - Surface View
 Saturn's Satellite Dione
 Saturn's Satellite Enceladus
 Saturn's Satellite Mimas
 Saturn - Small Satellites
 Saturn's Satellite Tethys
 Voyager
Saturn's largest satelliteSaturn's Satellite Titan
Saturn's moonSaturn's Satellite Dione
Saturn's ring systemSaturn - Ring System
Saturn's satelliteSaturn's Satellite Rhea
 Saturn's Satellite Tethys
Saturnian systemSaturn And Its Satellites
Saudi ArabiaThe Earth - Northeast Africa And Saudi Arabia
 The Earth - Saudi Arabia,The Red Sea And Gulf Of Aden
 Earth - As Seen By Clementine Spacecraft
 Earth (India, Saudi Arabia)
scooterNeptune
 Neptune - The Scooter And The Great Dark Spot
ScottThe Moon - Surface Picture Of Astronaut, Rover And Rim Of Hadley Rille
Sea of FertilityThe Moon - Apollo 11 Command Module Over The The Moon After Separation
Sea of TranquilityThe Moon - Southwestern Mare Tranquilitatis
 The Moon - Sea Of Tranquility Before Apollo 11 Touchdown
seasonal changesSeasons On Uranus
Sedna PlanitiaVenus - Lava Channel In Sedna Planitia
seismometerThe Moon - Astronaut Sets Up Easep
 The Moon - Astronaut Setting Up Scientific Experiments Package On The The Moon
Service ModuleApollo - Astronaut Jim Irvin Sets Up The First Lunar Roving Vehicle During Apollo 15
ShepardThe Moon - Astronaut Next To A Large Boulder
Sher 25Life Cycle Of Stars In Nebula Ngc 3603
Shoemaker-Levy 9Shoemaker-Levy 9
Shorty CraterThe Moon - Close-Up Color Image Of The Orange Soil At Shorty Crater
Sierra Madre Oriental mountainsThe Earth - Sierra Madre Oriental Mountains And The Gulf Of Mexico
Sif MonsVenus - Eistla Regio
 Venus - Sif Mons
singly-ionized sulfur atomsGas Pillars In Eagle Nebula M16
 Star-Birth Clouds In Eagle Nebula M16
Sinusoidal ProjectionVenus - Topographic Map From Pioneer Venus (Mercator Projection)
SkylabSkylab
 Kohoutek
Smyth's SeaThe Earth - The Earthrise Over The Moon
soft x-raysThe Sun - From Yohkoh And From Nso (Comparison)
SOHO's EITThe Sun - By Soho's Eit At Four Different Wavelenghts
solar panelsHubble Space Telescope - Description
solar systemSolar System Family
 Voyager
Solar System FamilySolar System Family Portrait I
solar system's most remote planetPluto - Map Of The Surface
solar windSaturn - Aurorae
solar wind analyzersThe Moon - Astronaut Setting Up Scientific Experiments Package On The The Moon
solar wind experimentThe Moon - Astronaut Unloading The Experiments Package On The The Moon
Solid State ImagerThe Earth - Mid-Pacific Ocean
Solid State Imaging cameraJupiter's Satellite Europa - Surface Features
 Jupiter's Satellite Europa - False Color Image Of Surface Features
Solid State Imaging systemJupiter's Satellite Europa 7
 Jupiter's Satellite Europa - Surface View
 Jupiter's Satellite Europa 10
 Jupiter's Satellite Europa 11
 Jupiter's Satellite Europa 12
 Jupiter's Satellite Europa 13
Solid State Imaging television cameraJupiter's Satellite Europa 6
SomaliaThe Earth - Saudi Arabia,The Red Sea And Gulf Of Aden
South AmericaThe Earth - South America
 Earth (South America)
 The Earth - The Orinoco And Essequibo Rivers
South PacificThe Earth - Antarctica
south polar ice capThe Earth - As Seen By The Apollo 17 Crew Traveling Towards The Moon
South PoleThe Earth - Antarctica
 The Moon - Mosaic Of The South Pole
south-Pole-Aitken basinThe Earth And Moon From Galileo
 The Moon By Galileo Spacecraft
Southeastern Mare ImbriumThe Moon - Southeastern Mare Imbrium
southern constellation Ara (the Altar)The Unveiling Of The Stingray Nebula
southern FloridaThe Earth - Southern Florida And The Bahamas
southern polar capMars - Southern Polar Cap
Soviet Venera 13Venus - Three-Dimensional Views
 Venus - Globes
 Venus - Surface Views
Soviet Venera 13 spacecraftVenus - "Pancake Domes" In Alpha Regio
Soviet Venera 14Venus - Three-Dimensional Views
 Venus - Surface Views
Soviet Venera 14 spacecraftVenus - "Pancake Domes" In Alpha Regio
Soviet Venera 9 and 10Venus - Surface Views
Soviet Venera spacecraftVenus - Maat Mons
Space Telescope Imaging SpectographJupiter - View Of The Auroras
 Saturn - Aurorae
Space Telescope Science InstitutePluto And Charon
 Magnificent Details In A Dusty Spiral Galaxy
spacecraftMercury - Mosaic By Mariner 10
 Venus - Three-Dimensional Views
 The Earth - Rendezvous Of Two Manned Space Vehicles Over The Pacific Ocean
 The Earth - As Seen By The Apollo 17 Crew Traveling Towards The Moon
 The Moon - By Hubble Space Telescope
 Jupiter's Satellite Ganymede 2
 Jupiter's Satellite Ganymede 17
 Jupiter's Satellite Ganymede 18
 Saturn's Satellite Mimas
 Uranus - In True And False Color
 Neptune's Satellite Triton - Surface View
 Apollo - Astronaut Jim Irvin Sets Up The First Lunar Roving Vehicle During Apollo 15
 Galileo
 Giotto
 Lunar Orbiter
 Magellan
 Pioneer Venus Orbiter
 Pluto Express
 Skylab
 Surveyor
 Viking Orbiter
 Voyager
 Voyager
 Hubble Space Telescope - Description
 Hubble Space Telescope - Fact Sheet
spiral galaxy NGC 4414Magnificent Details In A Dusty Spiral Galaxy
spiral- and elliptical-shaped galaxiesSample Galaxies From The Hubble Deep Field
SRTMPlanet Earth - The Blue Marble
SSIThe Earth - Mid-Pacific Ocean
 The Moon - False Color Image
St. George craterThe Moon - Surface Picture Of Astronaut, Rover And Rim Of Hadley Rille
stages of the life cycle of starsLife Cycle Of Stars In Nebula Ngc 3603
starYoung Binary Stars - A Possible Planet?
 Betelgeuse
 Mira - Hst Separates Stars In The Mira Binary System
star clustersClose-Up Views Of A Star Formation In The Antennae Galaxy
star tracker mosaicThe Moon By Clementine (Star Tracker Mosaic)
star WR124Wolf-Rayet - HST Sees Bright Knots Ejected From A Brillant Star
starbirth"Papillon" Nebula Yields Secrets Of A Massive Star Birth
starsWolf-Rayet - HST Sees Bright Knots Ejected From A Brillant Star
StickneyMars' Satellite Phobos By Viking 1
Stickney craterMars' Satellite Phobos And Stickney Crater From 1600 Km
Stingray nebulaThe Unveiling Of The Stingray Nebula
STISThe Moon - By Hubble Space Telescope
 Jupiter - View Of The Auroras
 Saturn - Aurorae
stormSaturn - Hubble Observes A New Storm
 Saturn - An Infrared View
stormsJupiter - Hubble Tracks Jupiter Storms
 Saturn - False Color Image
Story MusgraveHst Undergoing Preflight Processing At The Kennedy Space Center
strange rotationAsteroid Toutatis - One Of The Strangest Objects In The Solar System
stratocumulus cloudsThe Earth - Network Of Stratocumulus Clouds Sw Of The Canary Islands
STS 30 (Atlantis) flightMagellan
STS 31 flightHst Undergoing Preflight Processing At The Kennedy Space Center
STS 34 flighGalileo
STS 61 flightHst Undergoing Preflight Processing At The Kennedy Space Center
SudanThe Earth - Northeast Africa And Saudi Arabia
 The Earth - Sudan (As Sudd Swamp)
 The Earth - The Central Sahara Desert In Africa
sulfur dioxideVenus - Cloud Tops Viewed By Hubble
sulfuric acidVenus - Infrared Map Ii
 Venus - Cloud Tops Viewed By Hubble
sulfuric acid cloudsVenus - Infrared Map Ii
 Venus - Color Enhanced Image From 2.7 Million Km
sunSolar System Family
 The Sun - From Yohkoh And From Nso (Comparison)
 The Sun - By Soho's Eit At Four Different Wavelenghts
 The Sun
 Sun - X-Ray Image
 Sun - Solar Disk In H-Alpha
super-hot starWolf-Rayet - HST Sees Bright Knots Ejected From A Brillant Star
supergiantLife Cycle Of Stars In Nebula Ngc 3603
supernova 1987ALife Cycle Of Stars In Nebula Ngc 3603
surfaceVenus - "Pancake Domes" In Alpha Regio
 Venus - Three-Dimensional Views
 Europa (surface 3)
 Jupiter's Satellite Europa 9
 Neptune's Satellite Triton - Surface View
 Pluto - Surface View
 Asteroid Vesta - Hubble Reveals A Huge Crater
surface mapPluto - Map Of The Surface
SurveyorMars - Tithonium And Ius Chasma, Valles Marineris
 Surveyor
swampThe Earth - Sudan (As Sudd Swamp)
Syria PlanumMars - Eastern Tharsis And Noctis Labyrinthus
Syrtis Major PlanusMars - Syrtis Major Hemisphere

Last Update: 2005-Nov-01