Tag: Juno
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Juno illuminates 25 year old Jovian mystery, mission extended to 2025
More than four and a half years after arriving in orbit of Jupiter, NASA’s Juno mission continues to excel at its primary goal of answering outstanding questions about the Jovian system, something highlighted in a recent science release detailing a much drier region of the planet’s upper atmosphere than previously predicted. Meanwhile, with the spacecraft…
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NASA mission extension enables first flybys of Jupiter’s moons in 20 years
Artist’s concept of the Juno spacecraft at Jupiter. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech In a pair of mission extensions, NASA has cleared the way for more seismic observations on Mars with the robotic InSight lander and approved plans for the Juno spacecraft to alter its orbit and perform close flybys of Jupiter’s icy moon Europa, Ganymede, and the…
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Juno team planning close flybys of Jupiter’s moons
The puzzling, fascinating surface of Jupiter’s icy moon Europa looms large in this newly-reprocessed color view, made from images taken by NASA’s Galileo spacecraft in the late 1990s. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SETI Institute NASA’s Juno spacecraft could perform the first close flybys since the early 2000s of three of Jupiter’s largest moons, including Europa, if the space…
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Juno and the case of Jupiter’s missing ammonia
NASA’s Juno spacecraft, the agency’s flagship mission to Jupiter, continues to stream back an incredible amount of scientific data about the largest planet in our solar system just over four years after arriving in orbit. Some of the most recent discoveries pertain to lightning in Jupiter’s upper atmosphere, called “shallow lightning,” as well as indications…
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NASA’s Juno spacecraft sees moon’s otherworldly shadow on Jupiter
The shadow of Jupiter’s moon Io is cast on the cloud tops of the giant planet in this view taken Sept. 12 by a camera on-board NASA’s Juno spacecraft. Kevin Gill, a software engineer at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, created this mosaic from imagery taken by the JunoCam instrument. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS/Kevin M. Gill Fresh images…
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Juno past halfway point of mission as scientists unpack its data
Now past the halfway mark in its mission at the giant of our solar system, NASA’s Juno spacecraft continues to return tantalizing information about the planet Jupiter, including the up-close study of wave trains in the planet’s atmosphere and solving a 39 year old mystery surrounding lightning in the planet’s atmosphere. Halfway there: Officially passing…
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NASA approves three-year extension for Juno mission orbiting Jupiter
Artist’s concept of the Juno spacecraft orbiting Jupiter. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech NASA’s robotic Juno spacecraft wil spend another three years probing the inside of Jupiter, giving the mission more time to meet its primary science objectives after concerns over the health of the probe’s engine prevented it from dropping into a lower, shorter orbit around the…
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With Juno in good health, NASA approve mission extension
Overall, NASA’s Juno spacecraft in orbit of Jupiter is in good health and good condition as the probe heads toward its two-Earth year anniversary in orbit of the giant planet this July. The spacecraft’s good health was a good sign ahead of NASA’s decision of whether to end the mission this summer or extend it,…
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Juno’s latest imagery from Jupiter
This image of Jupiter’s swirling south polar region was captured by NASA’s Juno spacecraft as it neared completion of its tenth close flyby of the gas giant planet on Dec. 16, 2017. Citizen scientist Gerald Eichstädt processed this image using data from the JunoCam imager. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SWRI/Gerald Eichstädt NASA’s Juno spacecraft, now on its 11th…
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Jupiter images thrill, inspire public participation
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION A JunoCam view of Jupiter as processed by Seán Doran, an artist who interprets imagery sent back from NASA’s Juno spacecraft. The image is based on earlier processing by Gerald Eichstädt, using custom software. Credit: NASA/SwRI/MSSS/Gerald Eichstädt/Seán Doran Processing images from the camera aboard NASA’s Juno spacecraft orbiting…