<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><font size="4" class="">Good morning all,</font><div class=""> <font size="4" class="">I want to get this off and wish you a very happy day…everything is great here, tomorrow I will be driving my convertible in a parade in Orlando representing NASA…it should be fun...</font><span style="font-size: large; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';" class="">we have to remember to always do our
best, enjoy everything we do, live in the present, make each day special, be
appreciative of the good in our lives, smile & have fun!!!! …:-)
:-) gabe</span>
<!--EndFragment--><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><font size="4" class=""><span style="color: rgb(91, 91, 91); font-family: FreeSans, Arimo, 'Droid Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">A commercial effort to get humans into orbit around Mars in the late 2020s now includes a sleek vehicle to send astronauts down to the surface of the Red Planet.</span><span style="color: rgb(91, 91, 91); font-family: FreeSans, Arimo, 'Droid Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;" class="">The aerospace company Lockheed Martin late Thursday (Sept. 28) revealed new details for its </span><a href="https://www.space.com/33692-mars-space-station-surface-missions.html" style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(51, 102, 204); text-decoration: none;" class="">Mars Base Camp plan</a><span style="color: rgb(91, 91, 91); font-family: FreeSans, Arimo, 'Droid Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;" class="">, an architecture aimed at building a crewed space station in orbit around the Red Planet that would support long-term exploration at Mars by astronauts </span><a style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(51, 102, 204);" class="">on 1,000-day missions</a><span style="color: rgb(91, 91, 91); font-family: FreeSans, Arimo, 'Droid Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;" class="">. Among the updates unveiled was a tantalizing design for a reusable, single-stage surface lander called the Mars Ascent/Descent Vehicle (MADV). [</span><a href="https://www.space.com/38303-mars-base-camp-lockheed-martin-plan-pictures.html" style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(51, 102, 204); text-decoration: none;" class="">In Pictures: Lockheed Martin's Mars Base Camp Plan</a><span style="color: rgb(91, 91, 91); font-family: FreeSans, Arimo, 'Droid Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;" class="">]</span><span style="color: rgb(91, 91, 91); font-family: FreeSans, Arimo, 'Droid Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;" class="">The MADV would attach to the space station, and travel to and from the Martian surface via supersonic retropropulsion, which uses rocket engines to slow the lander from supersonic speeds during its descent, according to three Lockheed Martin engineers who discussed the lander in a presentation at the International Astronaut</span><span style="color: rgb(91, 91, 91); font-family: FreeSans, Arimo, 'Droid Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;" class="">ical Congress (IAC) in Adelaide, Australia. Supersonic retropropulsion is the same approach used by SpaceX </span><a href="https://www.space.com/37211-spacex-launches-lands-used-rocket-again.html" style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(51, 102, 204); text-decoration: none;" class="">in to land its reusable Falcon 9 rocket boosters</a><span style="color: rgb(91, 91, 91); font-family: FreeSans, Arimo, 'Droid Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;" class="">.</span></font></div><div class=""><figure class="figure" style="margin: 0px 0px 12px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-size: 1.2rem; vertical-align: baseline; display: table; width: 553.28125px; color: rgb(91, 91, 91);"><div class="magnify-wrapper iZoom img-zoom-in" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; position: relative;"><div id="1507782357018" tabindex="3" class="img-zoom-container" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; position: relative; outline: 0px; max-width: 100%;"><img class="lazy z-loaded loaded pure-img" big-src="https://img.purch.com/h/1400/aHR0cDovL3d3dy5zcGFjZS5jb20vaW1hZ2VzL2kvMDAwLzA3MC80NDUvb3JpZ2luYWwvMzcyNzI2Mzk5NDFfZDg2YTg2ZmFjYl9rLmpwZz8xNTA2NjQ5MzI2" data-src="https://img.purch.com/w/640/aHR0cDovL3d3dy5zcGFjZS5jb20vaW1hZ2VzL2kvMDAwLzA3MC80NDUvaTAyLzM3MjcyNjM5OTQxX2Q4NmE4NmZhY2Jfay5qcGc/MTUwNjY0OTMyNg==" alt="The surface landing vehicle for Lockheed Martin's Mars Base Camp is shown to the left of the space station in this artist's illustration. " style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; max-width: 100%; display: block; opacity: 1; transition: opacity 0.3s; -webkit-transition: opacity 0.3s; cursor: zoom-in;" apple-inline="yes" id="234B0330-6033-433F-8F73-F2F502434F00" height="347" width="640" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" src="cid:B3083E62-84CE-4DE9-B503-3D6392CE8155"><div id="1507782357018-3" class="img-zoom-sub" style="margin: auto; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; height: 0px; width: 0px; position: fixed; left: 0px; right: 0px; top: 0px; bottom: 0px; transition: height 0.2s ease-in-out, width 0.2s ease-in-out; -webkit-transition: height 0.2s ease-in-out, width 0.2s ease-in-out; cursor: zoom-out;"><img class="img-zoom" style="margin: auto; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; position: absolute; z-index: 10003; max-width: 98%; min-width: 30%; max-height: 98%; left: 0px; right: 0px; top: 0px; bottom: 0px;" apple-inline="yes" id="E4584004-ECCA-4057-BF54-FF6AE51139DA" height="757" width="1396" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" src="cid:105BC6A1-9F8D-41CB-8903-3FF3C27FCD32"></div></div></div><figcaption class="fig-cap" id="nointelliTXT" style="margin: 0px; padding: 10px; border: 1px solid rgb(211, 211, 211); font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 16px; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><div class="fig-desc" style="margin: 0px 0px 8px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-size: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: inherit;">The surface landing vehicle for Lockheed Martin's Mars Base Camp is shown to the left of the space station in this artist's illustration. </div><cite class="fig-credit" style="margin: 8px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; display: block;">Credit: Lockheed Martin</cite></figcaption></figure><div class=""><h3 class="mh-posts-large-title" style="font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.3; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://spaceflightnow.com/2017/10/12/spacex-launches-its-15th-mission-of-the-year/" title="SpaceX launches its 15th mission of the year" rel="bookmark" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-decoration: none;" class=""><font size="5" class="">SpaceX launches its 15th mission of the year</font></a></h3><div class=""><br class=""></div></div><div class="mh-posts-large-thumb" style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; position: relative;"><a href="https://spaceflightnow.com/2017/10/12/spacex-launches-its-15th-mission-of-the-year/" title="SpaceX launches its 15th mission of the year" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-decoration: none;" class=""><img width="678" height="381" data-lazy-type="image" data-lazy-src="https://assets.cdn.spaceflightnow.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/12050121/f9_ses11_1-678x381.png" class="wp-post-image size-mh-magazine-content lazy-loaded attachment-mh-magazine-content lazy" alt="" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: bottom; max-width: 100%;" apple-inline="yes" id="058697D5-25F4-4EF5-AA10-7CD07F58E5FD" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" src="cid:E40599EA-3E17-4A7E-92E6-81530CE96699"></a></div><div class="mh-posts-large-content" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: 'Open Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"><header class="mh-posts-large-header" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"><h3 class="mh-posts-large-title" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1.3; vertical-align: baseline;"><font size="4" style="font-weight: normal;" class=""><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit;" class="">Maintaining a brisk flight rate three days after its last launch, SpaceX sent a Falcon 9 booster powered by a reused first stage into orbit Wednesday evening from Florida with an Airbus-built communications satellite for SES and EchoStar.</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit;" class=""> </span></font></h3><div class=""><font size="4" class=""><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit;" class=""><br class=""></span></font></div></header></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><p style="color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; margin: 16px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""><span style="font-size: 23px;" class="">A strong solar storm recently sparked a global aurora on Mars that was more than 25 times brighter than any ever seen before on the Red Planet, researchers say.</span></p></div><div class=""><figure class=" article-hero figure" style="margin: 0px 0px 12px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; display: table; width: 553.28125px;"><div class="magnify-wrapper iZoom img-zoom-in" style="font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; position: relative;"><div id="1507781064438" tabindex="3" class="img-zoom-container" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; position: relative; outline: 0px; max-width: 100%;"><img class=" pure-img z-loaded" big-src="https://img.purch.com/h/1400/aHR0cDovL3d3dy5zcGFjZS5jb20vaW1hZ2VzL2kvMDAwLzA3MC83MTQvb3JpZ2luYWwvbWFycy1hdXJvcmEuanBn" alt="Strong Solar Storm Sparked Planet-Wide Aurora on Mars" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; max-width: 100%; display: block; cursor: zoom-in;" apple-inline="yes" id="E1ECB8CA-2D3F-47DF-BE94-F7681C3C9BA5" height="371" width="660" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" src="cid:B38CBD67-9D65-4383-8642-8B6AF4550C67"><div id="1507781064438-3" class="img-zoom-sub" style="margin: auto; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; height: 0px; width: 0px; position: fixed; left: 0px; right: 0px; top: 0px; bottom: 0px; transition: height 0.2s ease-in-out, width 0.2s ease-in-out; -webkit-transition: height 0.2s ease-in-out, width 0.2s ease-in-out; cursor: zoom-out;"><img class="img-zoom" style="margin: auto; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; position: absolute; z-index: 10003; max-width: 98%; min-width: 30%; max-height: 98%; left: 0px; right: 0px; top: 0px; bottom: 0px;" apple-inline="yes" id="B7C11F8A-7407-435F-B8AC-1B68277270EE" height="785" width="1396" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" src="cid:B2ACD4FE-4440-4D45-9578-C1108A12F4BB"></div></div></div><figcaption class="fig-cap" id="nointelliTXT" style="margin: 0px; padding: 10px; border: 1px solid rgb(211, 211, 211); font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><div class="fig-desc" style="margin: 0px 0px 8px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: inherit;">These images from the Imaging Ultraviolet Spectrograph instrument aboard NASA's MAVEN orbiter show the appearance of a bright aurora on Mars during a solar storm in September 2017. The purple-white colors show the intensity of ultraviolet light on Mars' night side before (left) and during (right) the event.</div><cite class="fig-credit" style="margin: 8px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; display: block;">Credit: NASA/GSFC/Univ. of Colorado</cite></figcaption></figure><div class="article-content" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: FreeSans, Arimo, 'Droid Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(91, 91, 91);"><p style="margin: 16px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: inherit;" class=""><font size="4" class=""><span style="color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit;" class="">NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) orbiter and</span><span style="color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit;" class=""> </span><a href="https://www.space.com/18027-mars-rover-curiosity-amazing-photos-red-planet.html" style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(51, 102, 204); text-decoration: none;" class="">Curiosity rover</a><span style="color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit;" class=""> </span><span style="color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit;" class="">both observed effects from the event on Sept. 11, 2017. Curiosity's Radiation Assessment Detector (RAD) instrument measured radiation levels on the Martian surface that were more than double any previously recorded, agency officials said.</span><span style="color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit;" class="">"This is exactly the type of event both missions were designed to study, and it's the biggest we've seen on the surface so far," RAD principal investigator Don Hassler, of the Southwest Research Institute in Boulder, Colorado, said in a statement. "It will improve our understanding of how such solar events affect the Martian environment, from the top of the atmosphere all the way down to the surface." [</span><a href="https://www.space.com/12584-worst-solar-storms-sun-flares-history.html" style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(51, 102, 204); text-decoration: none;" class="">The Sun's Wrath: The Worst Solar Storms in History</a><span style="color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit;" class="">]</span></font></p><div class=""><span style="font-size: 16px;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><font size="4" class=""><br class=""></font></span></div><div class=""><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><font size="4" class="">NASA's Juno spacecraft captured this image of Jupiter and two of its biggest moons, Io (right) and Europa (left), on Sept. 1, 2017. This color-enhanced version was processed by citizen scientist Roman Tkachenko using data from the probe's JunoCam imager.</font></span></div><div class=""><figure class=" article-hero figure" style="margin: 0px 0px 12px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-size: 1.2rem; vertical-align: baseline; display: table; width: 553.28125px;"><div class="magnify-wrapper iZoom img-zoom-in" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; position: relative;"><div id="1507781271633" tabindex="3" class="img-zoom-container" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; position: relative; outline: 0px; max-width: 100%;"><img class=" pure-img z-loaded" big-src="https://img.purch.com/h/1400/aHR0cDovL3d3dy5zcGFjZS5jb20vaW1hZ2VzL2kvMDAwLzA3MC82OTUvb3JpZ2luYWwvanVuby1qdXBpdGVyLWlvLWV1cm9wYS5qcGc=" alt="Jupiter and Two of Its Biggest Moons Loom in Stunning Juno Photo" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; max-width: 100%; display: block; cursor: zoom-in;" apple-inline="yes" id="A2EBF008-C012-4D45-8216-99A3965C8091" height="417" width="660" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" src="cid:4AD6252E-A355-4639-AAFE-14E50060C5CE"><div id="1507781271633-3" class="img-zoom-sub" style="margin: auto; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; height: 0px; width: 0px; position: fixed; left: 0px; right: 0px; top: 0px; bottom: 0px; transition: height 0.2s ease-in-out, width 0.2s ease-in-out; -webkit-transition: height 0.2s ease-in-out, width 0.2s ease-in-out; cursor: zoom-out;"><img class="img-zoom" style="margin: auto; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; position: absolute; z-index: 10003; max-width: 98%; min-width: 30%; max-height: 98%; left: 0px; right: 0px; top: 0px; bottom: 0px;" apple-inline="yes" id="57C262F2-76AF-4D25-84CE-290149AD472F" height="883" width="1396" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" src="cid:3A44A734-0387-4348-A444-EF62A4E02747"></div></div></div><figcaption class="fig-cap" id="nointelliTXT" style="margin: 0px; padding: 10px; border: 1px solid rgb(211, 211, 211); font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 16px; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><div class="fig-desc" style="margin: 0px 0px 8px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-size: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: inherit;"><br class=""></div><cite class="fig-credit" style="margin: 8px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; display: block;">Credit: Roman Tkachenko/NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS</cite></figcaption></figure><div class="article-content" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline;"><p style="margin: 16px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit;" class="">The color-enhanced image — which Juno captured on Sept. 1, 2017, during its most recent close flyby of Jupiter — shows the 2,260-mile-wide (3,640 kilometers)</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit;" class=""> </span><a href="https://www.space.com/16419-io-facts-about-jupiters-volcanic-moon.html" style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(51, 102, 204); text-decoration: none;" class="">moon Io</a><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit;" class=""> </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit;" class="">hugging the gas giant's limb and the 1,900-mile-wide (3,100 km) Europa a bit farther out. NASA released the image on Friday (Oct. 6). </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit;" class="">Io and Europa are two of Jupiter's four Galilean moons, which are so named because famed Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei discovered them back in 1610. (The other two Galilean satellites are Callisto and Ganymede.) Io is the most volcanic object in the solar system, and astrobiologists regard the</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit;" class=""> </span><a href="https://www.space.com/15498-europa-sdcmp.html" style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(51, 102, 204); text-decoration: none;" class="">ocean-harboring Europa</a><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit;" class=""> </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit;" class="">as one of the best bets to host life beyond Earth. [</span><a href="https://www.space.com/34577-citizen-scientists-help-juno-at-jupiter-images.html" style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(51, 102, 204); text-decoration: none;" class="">More Amazing Jupiter Photos by Juno Citizen Scientists</a><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit;" class="">]</span></p><div class=""><br class=""></div><div id="in-article-1" data-google-query-id="CLzQ6Pia6tYCFcF_wQodbCYA5w" style="margin: 10px auto 15px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: center;" class=""></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>