Tag: Juno
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ISS crew: From fixing valves to photographing the spectacular
Despite the government shutdown that had impacted on the majority of NASA, the crew of the International Space Station (ISS) are continuing their busy work in space. The astronauts have been conducting a number of tasks, from cleaning the troublesome Air Selector Valve (ASV) hardware, to photographing events out of the window, potentially capturing the Juno…
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‘Science Guy’ Bill Nye is back with new series, explaining NASA’s mission to Jupiter
If you want to know about Earth’s next visitor to Jupiter, a familiar face with a familiar bow tie is here to help. That’s right, Bill Nye is back talking science (now that he’s been booted from Dancing with the Stars) to explain what NASA’s up to with its Juno mission to Jupiter. The probe,…
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Juno slingshot – Spacecraft zips past Earth en route to Jupiter
NASA’s Juno spacecraft performed a close gravity assist flyby of the Earth on Wednesday, aiding its five-year journey to Jupiter. Earth’s gravity accelerating assist for the solar-powered spacecraft will result in increasing its velocity by 16,330 miles per hour, en route to studying Jupiter’s atmosphere as a means of better understanding how the planet, and…
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Year in Review – Part 1: NASA’s planetary probes dominate in 2011
It was an interesting year for NASA as the 2011 calendar brought about the retirement of the iconic Space Shuttle fleet, the completion of the USOS segment of the International Space Station, the launch of three new planetary missions, and the ongoing scientific endeavors of NASA’s fleet of planetary probes. In all, 2011 proved a…
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ULA Atlas V launches NASA’s Juno on a path to Jupiter
United Launch Alliance (ULA) have launched their Atlas V carrying NASA’s Juno probe on its way to Jupiter on Friday. The liftoff of the flagship mission was delayed by 51 minutes, due to a ground leak and a boat in the range box, prior to launching at 12:25 local time. Juno will become the first spacecraft…