The cornerstone mission for Prometheus is a spacecraft descriptively, if unpoetically, called Jupiter Icy Moons Orbiter. |
Icy mornings, hail, sleet and snow have had everyone dusting off their winter woollies even though spring has officially sprung. |
Sedna, the planetoid 1,000 miles in diameter discovered several weeks ago, was first photographed with a small moon orbiting its icy sphere. |
In December 2003 new technology was brought into play to fight the battle of icy roads. |
I compressed my shoulders into myself as I crossed my arms together in my pockets, trying to shield myself from the icy coldness. |
Icy water, strong currents and obstacles like weed and the odd eel or two provided the ultimate test of stamina. |