Juno probe beams back its first image of Earth as it uses the planet's gravity to slingshot its way to Jupiter
11 years, 5 months ago

Juno probe beams back its first image of Earth as it uses the planet's gravity to slingshot its way to Jupiter

Daily Mail  

Juno probe beams back its first image of Earth as it uses the planet's gravity to slingshot its way to Jupiter The probe sent the image despite unexpectedly going into ‘safe mode’ The Earth's gravity helped Juno speed up from 78,000 mph to 87,000 mph At its closest approach, it hurtled 350 miles above South Africa The probe is now on its way to Jupiter, where it should arrive in 2016 A stunning image of the Earth has been taken by Nasa’s Juno orbiter as it did a slingshot manoeuvre around the planet. This reconstructed image of Earth is one of the first snapshots transmitted back home by Nasa's Juno spacecraft in the wake of Wednesday's flyby. Juno was due to be flying over South America and the southern Atlantic Ocean The $1.1 billion spacecraft will use nine instruments to probe deep inside Jupiter and reveal glimpses into the planet's origin. The Juno mission will use nine instruments to probe inside Jupiter and reveal glimpses into the planet's origin This day side raw image of Earth is one of the 1st snapshots transmitted back to us by Juno.

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Juno captures hundreds of cyclonic storms raging on Jupiter for decades
8 months ago

Juno captures hundreds of cyclonic storms raging on Jupiter for decades

India Today  

During its 61st close flyby of Jupiter on May 12, 2024, NASA’s Juno spacecraft captured a stunning colour-enhanced view of the giant planet’s northern hemisphere. The raw data for this image was collected by the JunoCam instrument when the spacecraft was approximately 18,000 miles above Jupiter’s cloud tops, at a latitude of about 68 degrees north of the equator. Eason …

Sharpest picture of Jupiter's moon Io shows tall mountains, bubbling lava lakes
1 year, 1 month ago

Sharpest picture of Jupiter's moon Io shows tall mountains, bubbling lava lakes

India Today  

Nasa's Juno spacecraft has executed the closest flybys of Jupiter's moon Io in over two decades to send the sharpest image of the most volcanic place in Solar System. On December 30th, 2023, Juno made a daring approach to within 1,500 kilometers of Io's tumultuous surface, capturing unprecedented high-resolution images of the most volcanic body. The JunoCam instrument aboard the …

NASA's Juno spacecraft captures Jupiter Moon Io's surface in close flyby | See pic
1 year, 1 month ago

NASA's Juno spacecraft captures Jupiter Moon Io's surface in close flyby | See pic

India TV News  

NASA recently shared a close-up image of Jupiter's Moon Io, taken by the Juno spacecraft during its final close flyby on February 3. "On Saturday, Feb. 3, our @NASASolarSystem Juno spacecraft made its final close flyby of Jupiter's moon Io. Scientific goals NASA aims to gain fresh insights into Io's volcanic processes and investigate the possibility of a global magma …

NASA's Juno spacecraft reveals Jupiter's volcanic moon Io
1 year, 2 months ago

NASA's Juno spacecraft reveals Jupiter's volcanic moon Io

Hindustan Times  

National Aeronautics and Space Administration's spacecraft Juno has captured detailed images of Jupiter's moon Io after it came closer to the planet's moon than any other mission has in the last two decades. Jupiter moon Last week, the space agency released the images taken by the spacecraft, which flew roughly 930 miles from the surface of Io. “By combining data …

Just in time for Halloween! NASA's Juno probe spots a ghoulish 'face' on Jupiter
1 year, 4 months ago

Just in time for Halloween! NASA's Juno probe spots a ghoulish 'face' on Jupiter

Daily Mail  

With Halloween fast approaching, NASA has joined in with the spooky shenanigans by releasing a new image of a ghoulish looking 'face' on Jupiter. Half of the image is in darkness on the planet's night side, which NASA said only adds to the creepiness because it makes the face seem as though it is peering out from behind a door.⁣ …

NASA’s Juno Spacecraft Captures Mysterious Lightning Glow On Jupiter
1 year, 9 months ago

NASA’s Juno Spacecraft Captures Mysterious Lightning Glow On Jupiter

Hindustan Times  

One of NASA’s spacecraft caught a strange and surreal lightning glow inside a swirling vortex on Jupiter. Juno Spacecraft captured a strange green lightning on Jupiter Jupiter is the largest planet in the solar system. In 2016, the Juno spacecraft was dispatched to observe Jupiter and its moons, capturing its 31st close flyby of the gas giant on 30th December …

NASA's Juno probe snaps a stunning photo of Jupiter revealing the planet's true colours
2 years, 6 months ago

NASA's Juno probe snaps a stunning photo of Jupiter revealing the planet's true colours

Daily Mail  

A NASA probe has captured stunning new images of Jupiter that show the gas giant in its 'true colours'. The Juno spacecraft observed the complex colours and swirling patterns of Jupiter's clouds as it completed its 43rd close flyby on July 5 2022 An approximately true colour and contrast image of Jupiter processed by Björn Jónsson from the PJ44_46 raw …

Sounds from Solar System's biggest moon Ganymede arrive at Earth | Listen
3 years, 3 months ago

Sounds from Solar System's biggest moon Ganymede arrive at Earth | Listen

India Today  

The Juno mission, orbiting Jupiter, has beamed back data from its flyby around the biggest moon in the Solar System, Ganymede. MAPPING JUPITER’S MAGNETIC FIELD Astronomers at the Goddard Space Flight Center have produced the most detailed map ever obtained of Jupiter’s magnetic field. The data from the Juno spacecraft indicate that the planet has seen changes in the magnetic …

Juno flyby reveals stunning new images of Jupiter, sounds of its moon Ganymede
3 years, 3 months ago

Juno flyby reveals stunning new images of Jupiter, sounds of its moon Ganymede

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Images of cyclones at Jupiter’s poles intrigued Lia Siegelman, a scientist working with the Juno team who typically studies Earth’s oceans. “These are especially evident in high-resolution satellite images of vortices in Earth’s oceans that are revealed by plankton blooms that act as tracers of the flow.” Oceanographers are using …

How the public is helping NASA’s Juno mission
5 years, 1 month ago

How the public is helping NASA’s Juno mission

CNN  

CNN — NASA wants your help. “I try to keep the color close,” he says, while revealing “what’s more pleasing and more telling about what’s on the surface.” A koi fish-like formation in the upper clouds of Jupiter, captured on perijove 24 of the Juno mission. “Finally, we have these really crisp images.” Other personal highlights include Juno looking down …

Stunning photo of 'intensely dark' vortex on Jupiter is captured by NASA's Juno probe
5 years, 9 months ago

Stunning photo of 'intensely dark' vortex on Jupiter is captured by NASA's Juno probe

Daily Mail  

NASA's Juno spacecraft has captured a stunning image of Jupiter, with an 'intensely dark vortex' swirling across the surface. Scroll down for video NASA's Juno spacecraft has captured a stunning image of Jupiter, with an 'intensely dark vortex' swirling across the surface. The craft snapped the image during its 20th flyby of the planet on May 29th when Juno was …

New data from Nasa spacecraft ‘challenges our understanding of how the solar system works’, scientists announce
6 years ago

New data from Nasa spacecraft ‘challenges our understanding of how the solar system works’, scientists announce

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy New data from Nasa spacecraft has challenged our understanding of how the solar …

NASA's Juno mission to cross halfway to Jupiter next week
6 years, 3 months ago

NASA's Juno mission to cross halfway to Jupiter next week

India TV News  

NASA's Juno mission will next week mark the halfway point in data collection by completing the 16th science pass of Jupiter. "This will be the 16th science pass of the gas giant and will mark the solar-powered spacecraft's halfway point in data collection during its prime mission," it added. "With our 16th science flyby, we will have complete global coverage …

Jupiter in the rear view mirror: NASA's Juno probe captures stunning view of swirling storms
6 years, 5 months ago

Jupiter in the rear view mirror: NASA's Juno probe captures stunning view of swirling storms

Daily Mail  

NASA's Juno probe has revealed a stunning 'rear view mirror' view of Jupiter. Scroll down for video The image, captured in the final minutes of a recent close flyby of Jupiter, NASA's Juno spacecraft captured a departing view of the planet's swirling southern hemisphere. At the time, Juno was about 44,300 miles from the planet's cloud tops, above a southern …

Nasa’s Juno reveals Jupiter’s interior in unprecedented detail
7 years ago

Nasa’s Juno reveals Jupiter’s interior in unprecedented detail

Live Mint  

Washington: The interior of Jupiter is just as intriguing as the planet’s dazzling surface, with a swirling mixture of liquid hydrogen and helium at its center, vast atmospheric jet streams and exotic gravitational properties, scientists said on Wednesday. Data from Nasa’s Juno spacecraft, orbiting the solar system’s largest planet since 2016, is providing researchers with what they called unprecedented insight …

NASA'S JUNO MISSION TO JUPITER
7 years, 2 months ago

NASA'S JUNO MISSION TO JUPITER

Daily Mail  

The craft is expected to study the composition of the planet's atmosphere until 2025. Jupiter's 'Great Red Spot' is changing colour: Earth-sized storm that could disappear completely in 20 years is glowing an intense orange Researchers at Nasa's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, show that Jupiter's 'Great Red Spot' is shrivelling at a rate of. Stunning image captured …

Jupiter glows like a jewel in these latest images sent by NASA’s Juno spacecraft
7 years, 2 months ago

Jupiter glows like a jewel in these latest images sent by NASA’s Juno spacecraft

India TV News  

The giant planet Jupiter, haunted by tumultuous gases, looked downright like a jewel in the sky in the latest images captured by US space agency NASA’s Juno spacecraft. "Each new orbit brings us closer to the heart of Jupiter's radiation belt, but so far the spacecraft has weathered the storm of electrons surrounding Jupiter better than we could have ever …

Probe peers into Jupiter's Great Red Spot
7 years, 8 months ago

Probe peers into Jupiter's Great Red Spot

China Daily  

NASA's Juno spacecraft in orbit above Jupiter's Great Red Spot is seen in this undated handout illustration obtained by Reuters July 11, 2017. LOS ANGELES - A NASA spacecraft in orbit around Jupiter began transmitting data and images on Tuesday from humanity's closest brush with the Great Red Spot, a flyby of the colossal, crimson storm that has fascinated Earthbound …

Nasa Juno spacecraft gets humanity's best glance yet at swirling red spot on Jupiter
7 years, 8 months ago

Nasa Juno spacecraft gets humanity's best glance yet at swirling red spot on Jupiter

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Nasa's Juno spacecraft is sending back images from its trip to scrape by Jupiter and take pictures …

The first results from the Juno mission are in – and they already challenge our understanding of Jupiter
7 years, 9 months ago

The first results from the Juno mission are in – and they already challenge our understanding of Jupiter

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Ten months after its nerve-wracking arrival at Jupiter, NASA’s Juno mission …

Juno reveals details about Jupiter; colossal cyclones and rivers of ammonia in the atmosphere
7 years, 9 months ago

Juno reveals details about Jupiter; colossal cyclones and rivers of ammonia in the atmosphere

Firstpost  

Jupiter’s atmosphere features colossal cyclones and rivers of ammonia welling up from deep inside the solar system’s largest planet, researchers said on Thursday, publishing the first insights from a NASA spacecraft flying around the gas giant. Juno found cyclones as big as 870 miles in diameter swirling over Jupiter’s north and south poles, the research published in this week’s issue …

Jupiter: First data from Juno mission reveals massive cyclones and auroras
7 years, 9 months ago

Jupiter: First data from Juno mission reveals massive cyclones and auroras

ABC  

The first close-up glimpse of Jupiter's poles reveals massive cyclonic storms — some as large as 1,400 kilometres in diameter — and powerful auroras. "You wouldn't recognise it as Jupiter at all," said Dr Jack Connerney of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Centre, deputy principal investigator on the Juno mission, and lead author on one of the studies. Storms and powerful …

Jupiter’s mysteries: Juno mission first results, new images
7 years, 9 months ago

Jupiter’s mysteries: Juno mission first results, new images

CNN  

Story highlights First results from the Juno mission to Jupiter reveal giant cyclones and ammonia in the atmosphere Jupiter's magnetic field is 10 times that of Earth's and and twice as strong as anticipated CNN — Beneath its heavy cloud cover, Jupiter has been able to keep its secrets from astronomers. Jupiter from the poles doesn’t look anything like it …

Nasa's Juno probe releases spooky noises from Jupiter's auroras
8 years, 5 months ago

Nasa's Juno probe releases spooky noises from Jupiter's auroras

Daily Mail  

Eerie recordings captured by the Juno probe during its recent flyby Jupiter have been revealed. Radio emissions from Jupiter's intense auroras were snagged when the Juno spacecraft made its first orbital pass of the gas giant on August 27. Radio emissions from Jupiter's auroras were captured during the flyby The emissions were first discovered in the 1950s but had never …

Watch the end of Juno's five-year mission to the gas giant in a stunning time-lapse
8 years, 5 months ago

Watch the end of Juno's five-year mission to the gas giant in a stunning time-lapse

Daily Mail  

After five years drifing through space, the Juno spacecraft made history in July when it entered the orbit of the largest panet in our solar system. The video shows Juno arriving at the system, and being captured by Jupiter's powerful gravity. As the probe approaches the planet, the video shows some of Jupiter's 67 moons circling, but the planet hardly …

See Pic! NASA’s Juno sends back first spectacular image of Jupiter’s north pole
8 years, 6 months ago

See Pic! NASA’s Juno sends back first spectacular image of Jupiter’s north pole

India TV News  

NASA’s Juno sends back first spectacular image of Jupiter’s north pole NASA’s Juno spacecraft has sent back the first-ever images of Jupiter’s north pole, which show storm systems and weather activity unlike anything previously seen on any of our solar system’s gas-giant planets. The images were NASA’s Juno spacecraft has sent back the first-ever images of Jupiter’s north pole, which …

Jupiter photos show unexpected weather activity at poles
8 years, 6 months ago

Jupiter photos show unexpected weather activity at poles

CNN  

Story highlights Close-ups of Jupiter's north pole show weather activity unlike anything scientists have seen on other gas giants Juno mission scientists have identified auroras, unexpected storm systems and even ghostly sounds on Jupiter CNN — Scientists have never explored Jupiter’s north pole – until now. NASA’s spacecraft Juno sent back the first-ever images of Jupiter’s north pole – photographs …

Nasa's Juno makes the closest every flyby of Jupiter
8 years, 6 months ago

Nasa's Juno makes the closest every flyby of Jupiter

Firstpost  

NASA’s Juno, the spacecraft on a Jupiter mission, has successfully completed its first of 36 orbital flybys, coming closer to the giant planet than any man-made object before it. The time of the closest approach was on Saturday at 1.44pm GMT, when Juno passed about 4,200 kilometres above Jupiter’s clouds, the US space agency said on its website. It will …

Juno probe: Nasa spacecraft makes record-breaking approach towards Jupiter
8 years, 6 months ago

Juno probe: Nasa spacecraft makes record-breaking approach towards Jupiter

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Juno, the spacecraft on a mission to Jupiter, orbited closer to …

Jupiter: NASA's Juno space probe makes closest approach yet to solar system's largest planet
8 years, 6 months ago

Jupiter: NASA's Juno space probe makes closest approach yet to solar system's largest planet

ABC  

NASA's Juno space probe has made its closest approach yet to Jupiter during the main phase of its planned mission to the gas giant, the US space agency's officials said. Travelling at 208,000 kilometres per hour, Juno swung within approximately 4,200 kilometres of the solar system's largest planet at 8:44pm last night, the closest any spacecraft has passed. Orbited by …

Juno probe set to make closest approach to Jupiter tomorrow; expect surprises, says NASA
8 years, 6 months ago

Juno probe set to make closest approach to Jupiter tomorrow; expect surprises, says NASA

India TV News  

NASA's Juno spacecraft will make its closest approach to Jupiter on Saturday. As per NASA, at the moment of closest approach, Juno will be about 2,500 miles above Jupiter's swirling clouds and traveling at 130,000 mph with respect to the planet. "This is the first time we will be close to Jupiter since we entered orbit on July 4," said …

NASA's Juno all set to reach the most distant point in its orbit of Jupiter
8 years, 7 months ago

NASA's Juno all set to reach the most distant point in its orbit of Jupiter

India TV News  

Five years after departing from Earth, and month after slipping into orbit around Jupiter, NASA’s Juno spacecraft is all set to reach the farthest point in its orbit for the first time on Sunday. The orbit, known as “apojove”is nearly 8.1 million km from Jupiter, and after this point the gravitational grip of solar system’s largest planet on Juno will …

Juno sends back stunning first picture of Jupiter after entering orbit
8 years, 8 months ago

Juno sends back stunning first picture of Jupiter after entering orbit

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Though we’ve seen each of those things before – and even have better quality images – it’s …

Mission Juno: NASA’s JunoCam Sends First Images of Jupiter
8 years, 8 months ago

Mission Juno: NASA’s JunoCam Sends First Images of Jupiter

The Quint  

JunoCam – the camera aboard NASA’s Juno mission – has sent the first image of Jupiter, as well as the images of three of its four largest moons.The spacecraft entered orbit around the king of planets on 4 July. The colour image shows atmospheric features on Jupiter, including the famous Great Red Spot, and three of the massive planet’s four …

Nasa's Juno mission: Here is the first look of Jupiter and its moons
8 years, 8 months ago

Nasa's Juno mission: Here is the first look of Jupiter and its moons

Firstpost  

Nasa’s Juno spacecraft has sent the first-ever image of the gas giant Jupiter and three of its four moons to the Earth as it continues orbiting the planet. Washington: Nasa’s Juno spacecraft has sent the first-ever image of the gas giant Jupiter and three of its four moons to the Earth as it continues orbiting the planet. The colour image …

Google Doodle celebrates NASA spacecraft Juno's successful arrival in Jupiter's orbit
8 years, 8 months ago

Google Doodle celebrates NASA spacecraft Juno's successful arrival in Jupiter's orbit

India TV News  

Washington: NASA's Juno probe successfully entered the orbit of our solar system's largest planetary inhabitant after after a five-year, 1.4 billion-mile voyage. This historic moment has been marked with a special Google Doodle that says “Juno reaches Jupiter”. "A NASA satellite built like a tank is settling into polar orbit around Jupiter, the mysterious gas giant two doors down from …

Hello Jupiter! NASA Spacecraft Juno Arrives at the Giant Planet
8 years, 8 months ago

Hello Jupiter! NASA Spacecraft Juno Arrives at the Giant Planet

The Quint  

Hours before the encounter, NASA released a series of images taken last week during the approach, showing Jupiter glowing yellow in the distance, circled by its four inner moons. The fifth rock from the sun and the heftiest planet in the solar system, Jupiter is what’s known as a gas giant — a ball of hydrogen and helium — unlike …

NASA’s Juno spacecraft creates history, successfully enters Jupiter’s orbit
8 years, 8 months ago

NASA’s Juno spacecraft creates history, successfully enters Jupiter’s orbit

India TV News  

Pasadena : NASA celebrated a key triumph on Tuesday as its Rs 7,400 crore unnamed Juno spacecraft entered the orbit around Jupiter after a five-year voyage in order to explore the giant planet. Ground controllers at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory and Lockheed Martin erupted in applause when the solar-powered Juno spacecraft beamed home news that it was circling Jupiter's …

Juno probe: Nasa spacecraft successfully enters Jupiter's orbit
8 years, 8 months ago

Juno probe: Nasa spacecraft successfully enters Jupiter's orbit

Firstpost  

Nasa celebrated a key triumph on Tuesday as its $1.1 billion Juno spacecraft successfully slipped into orbit around Jupiter on a mission to probe the origin of the solar system. Nasa’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California erupted in cheers as the solar observatory successfully entered its aimed-for orbit around the biggest planet in our cosmic neighborhood at 11:53 pm. …

NASA’s Juno spacecraft enters Jupiter’s orbit
8 years, 8 months ago

NASA’s Juno spacecraft enters Jupiter’s orbit

Al Jazeera  

The $1.1bn mission launched five years ago aims to probe the origin of the solar system before it aborts in 2018. NASA’s Juno spacecraft has begun to orbit Jupiter to investigate the origin of the solar system, the US space agency has said. The $1.1bn mission launched five years ago successfully entered the orbit of Jupiter, the largest planet in …

NASA's Juno spacecraft poised for one-shot try to orbit Jupiter
8 years, 8 months ago

NASA's Juno spacecraft poised for one-shot try to orbit Jupiter

ABC  

A NASA spacecraft is poised for a one-shot attempt to slip into Jupiter's orbit for the start of a 20-month-long dance around the solar system's largest planet to learn how and where it formed. Key points: Juno must be precisely positioned and ignite its engine at exactly the right time to slip into orbit Learning about how Jupiter formed may …

By Jove: NASA Says Juno Craft Is Orbiting Jupiter
8 years, 8 months ago

By Jove: NASA Says Juno Craft Is Orbiting Jupiter

NPR  

By Jove: NASA Says Juno Craft Is Orbiting Jupiter Enlarge this image toggle caption NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS Updated 1:40 a.m. ET with Juno orbit maneuver After a nearly five-year journey, NASA's solar-powered Juno spacecraft achieved orbit around Jupiter on Monday night. "It's a milestone for planetary science," NASA Director of Planetary Science Jim Green said at a news conference before the …

NASA’s dangerous Juno mission: Unravel Jupiter’s secrets and solve the mysteries of life
8 years, 8 months ago

NASA’s dangerous Juno mission: Unravel Jupiter’s secrets and solve the mysteries of life

LA Times  

Late at night, when the halls around her were empty, Heidi Becker positioned her subject in the crosshairs of an electron-shooting linear accelerator. This time, its lethal gaze would be aimed at an early version of the star tracker aboard NASA’s Juno spacecraft, which is set to enter Jupiter’s orbit on July 4. Jupiter “is the scariest place,” said Becker, …

Jupiter 'puts on fireworks display' as space probe approaches planet
8 years, 8 months ago

Jupiter 'puts on fireworks display' as space probe approaches planet

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. British astronomer Dr Jonathan Nichols, from the University of Leicester, who heads the Hubble team …

NASA's Juno mission has reached Jupiter and here's why you should care
8 years, 8 months ago

NASA's Juno mission has reached Jupiter and here's why you should care

ABC  

For several years, a spacecraft the size of a tennis court has been hurtling towards Jupiter at a speed of 30 km per second. Cloaked in lethal clouds that hide its interior, and surrounded by the most dangerous radiation belt in the solar system, getting Juno in the right place at the right times to dissect Jupiter's innards — without …

Jupiter-bound Juno makes key manoeuvre – India TV
12 years, 6 months ago

Jupiter-bound Juno makes key manoeuvre – India TV

India TV News  

Pasadena, California, Aug 31: A Jupiter-bound spacecraft successfully fired its engine Thursday in the first of two crucial maneuvers intended to bring it toward Earth for a momentum-gathering fly-by. NASA officials said the Juno spacecraft, which is about 482 million km from earth, fired its main engine for just short of 30 minutes.Along with another engine firing set for next …

NASA Launches Juno Space Probe To Jupiter
13 years, 7 months ago

NASA Launches Juno Space Probe To Jupiter

India TV News  

Cape Canaveral, Florida, Aug 6: American space agency NASA on Friday morning launched its $ 1.1 billion space probe named Juno to Jupiter, the largest planet of the solar system. “As a solar-panelled mission, we have to keep those solar panels facing the Sun and we never go into Jupiter's shadow,” the mission's chief scientist Scott Bolton said. “Jupiter holds …

NASA's Juno probe sets sail for Jupiter
13 years, 7 months ago

NASA's Juno probe sets sail for Jupiter

ABC  

NASA has launched the billion-dollar solar-powered spacecraft Juno on a five-year journey to Jupiter in search of what makes up the solar system's biggest planet. "Ignition and liftoff on the Atlas V with Juno on a trek to Jupiter, a planetary piece of the puzzle on the beginning of our solar system," a NASA television commentator said. "Juno is set …

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