Carolyn Porco

thumb|Carolyn Porco in 2021. 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. She led the imaging science team on the Cassini mission in orbit around Saturn. She is an expert on planetary rings and the Saturnian moon, Enceladus. Quotes The Pale Blue Dot image of Earth is not a stunning image. But that didn’t matter in the end, because it was the way that Carl romanced it, turning it into an allegory on the human condition, that has ever since made the phrase “Pale Blue Dot” and the image itself synonymous with an inspirational call to planetary brotherhood and protection of Earth. How the Celebrated “Pale Blue Dot” Image Came to Be External links Category:Astronomers from the United States Category:Women academics from the United States Category:Atheists from the United States Category:1953 births Category:Living people Category:People from New York City Category:California Institute of Technology alumni Category:Women scientists from the United States