NASA’s Juno spacecraft to remain in extra-long orbit for the rest of its time at Jupiter
8 years, 1 month ago

NASA’s Juno spacecraft to remain in extra-long orbit for the rest of its time at Jupiter

LA Times  

The team behind NASA’s Juno spacecraft has made a key change to its operating plan. The decision, made in response to some technical difficulties with the plumbing for the spacecraft’s main engine, cuts down the number of science orbits Juno can make from about 32 to 12. “So that’s just a bit of luck.” As a bonus, the longer orbits actually end up causing less radiation damage to the spacecraft than the short two-week orbits do. Juno’s current plan allows it to operate through July 2018 — which would allow for only 12 science orbits instead of the more than 30 in the original plan. MORE IN SCIENCE NASA’s Dawn mission finds life’s building blocks on dwarf planet Ceres UC Berkeley suffers big loss in CRISPR patent fight: What’s next for the powerful gene-editing technology?

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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 …

NASA's Juno spacecraft will orbit around Jupiter until July 2021
6 years, 9 months ago

NASA's Juno spacecraft will orbit around Jupiter until July 2021

Firstpost  

Scientists hope that the extension of the Juno spacecraft orbiting around Jupiter will enable the mission to achieve its primary science objectives. With NASA’s Juno spacecraft needing more time to gather the mission’s required data, the US space agency has decided to extend its science operations until July 2021, making way for the probe to spend three more years in …

Juno Shatters Scientists' Jupiter Theories in Just 365 Days
7 years, 8 months ago

Juno Shatters Scientists' Jupiter Theories in Just 365 Days

Wired  

Last July 4th, NASA's Juno spacecraft slowed its record breaking pace just enough to get caught in the pull of Jupiter's gravity. So, in honor of Juno's first year orbiting the hitherto mysterious gas giant, here's a rundown of the mission's greatest scientific hits so far. Juno's engineers also had to protect the craft's delicate instrumentation—which does everything from snap …

Juno completes one year in Jupiter orbit: Here's what the NASA spacecraft found so far
7 years, 8 months ago

Juno completes one year in Jupiter orbit: Here's what the NASA spacecraft found so far

India Today  

Today marks one year since Juno locked into Jupiter's orbit and the 71 million miles around the giant planet has been a great ride so far with many more discoveries lined up. Reprocessed view by Bjorn Jonsson of the Great Red Spot taken by Voyager 1 in 1979 The cloud penetrating equipment of Juno, the NASA spacecraft monitoring Jupiter, will …

Watch the end of Juno's five-year mission to the gas giant in a stunning time-lapse
8 years, 6 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 …

Juno probe: Nasa spacecraft makes record-breaking approach towards Jupiter
8 years, 7 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, 7 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 …

NASA's Juno all set to reach the most distant point in its orbit of Jupiter
8 years, 8 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 probe: Nasa spacecraft successfully enters Jupiter's orbit
8 years, 8 months ago

Juno probe: Nasa spacecraft successfully enters Jupiter's orbit

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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 successfully puts Juno into Jupiter Orbit
8 years, 8 months ago

Nasa successfully puts Juno into Jupiter Orbit

Firstpost  

In the ancient Roman religion, Jupiter was the God of the Sky and Juno was his wife who could peer through clouds. Nasa just got its Juno spacecraft around the biggest planet in the solar system with a thirty minute insertion maneuver. Juno is in an elliptical pole to pole orbit around Jupiter now, the first time that a spacecraft …

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, 9 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-bound Juno makes key manoeuvre – India TV
12 years, 7 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 …

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