220-orbiting-callisto-dixon - This detailed astronomical illustration depicts a complex, nuclear-thermal or ion-propelled exploration spacecraft traveling in a close parking orbit above the heavily cratered surface of Jupiter's moon Callisto. The spacecraft's intricate engineering features a large main engine nozzle, structural trusses, reaction control thrusters, and a prominent parabolic communications dish directed outward. In the deep space background, the massive banded gas giant Jupiter looms large against a dense field of stars, flanked by another small, distant Galilean moon. cover for "The Early Asimov: Book Two" acrylic and gouache, 1985
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