Tag: Jupiter

  • Juno dives over Jupiter’s cloud tops with main engine still offline

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    Updated at 3:30 p.m. EST with additional comments from Scott Bolton. This amateur-processed image was taken on Dec. 11, 2016, at 9:27 a.m. PST (12:27 p.m. EST), as NASA’s Juno spacecraft performed its third close flyby of Jupiter. Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS/Eric Jorgensen NASA’s Juno spacecraft made a high-speed pass less than 3,000 miles over Jupiter’s turbulent…

  • Jumping Jupiter! What a view from Juno!

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    The JunoCam imager on NASA’s Juno probe snapped this shot of Jupiter’s northern latitudes on Dec. 11, 2016, as the orbiter performed a close flyby. The spacecraft was 10,300 miles above Jupiter’s cloud tops. (NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS Photo / Gerald Eichstaedt / John Rogers) If you need an interplanetary pick-me-up, this picture of…

  • Juno recovers from reboot, but propulsion problem lingers

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    Artist’s concept of the Juno spacecraft at Jupiter. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech NASA’s Juno spacecraft will stay in its current long-period orbit around Jupiter until at least February, and perhaps longer, as engineers study balky valves inside the science probe’s propulsion system and an unexpected computer reboot that interrupted key functions of the orbiter earlier this month.…

  • NASA’s Juno orbiter reboots itself – and misses out on a Jupiter photo op

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    An artist’s conception shows the Juno orbiter during a close flyby of Jupiter. (Credit: NASA) NASA says its Juno orbiter experienced a reboot of its onboard computer late Tuesday, just as it was getting ready to collect data during a close flyby of Jupiter. As a result, Juno’s instruments were off during the flyby, and…

  • Mission managers keeping Juno in elongated orbit until December

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    Artist’s concept of the solar-powered Juno spacecraft at Jupiter. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech Ground teams are buying more time to study two sluggish valves inside the Juno spacecraft’s fuel pressurization system and postponing a major engine burn that was scheduled for next week to reshape the probe’s orbit around Jupiter, officials said Friday. The rocket burn was…

  • Possible water plumes spotted above Europa

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    This composite image shows suspected plumes of water vapor erupting at the 7 o’clock position off the limb of Jupiter’s moon Europa. The plumes, photographed by NASA’s Hubble’s Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph, were seen in silhouette as the moon passed in front of Jupiter. Credits: NASA/ESA/W. Sparks (STScI)/USGS Astrogeology Science Center The Hubble Space Telescope…

  • Juno beams back dramatic new pictures of Jupiter

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    STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION The JunoCam instrument obtained this view on Aug. 27, about two hours before closest approach, when the spacecraft was 120,000 miles (195,000 kilometers) away from the giant planet (i.e., for Jupiter’s center). Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS NASA’s Juno spacecraft, making its first scientific run over Jupiter’s poles Aug. 27, captured…

  • NASA’s Juno orbiter makes its closest encounter with Jupiter: Check out the view!

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    Jupiter’s north polar region is coming into view as NASA’s Juno spacecraft approaches the planet. This view was captured on Aug. 27 from a distance of 437,000 miles (Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / Ted Stryk). NASA’s Juno spacecraft made its closest scheduled swing over the cloud tops of the giant planet…

  • Juno gets its closest look at Jupiter

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    Updated with details from NASA press release. Jupiter’s north polar region is coming into view as NASA’s Juno spacecraft approaches the giant planet. This view of Jupiter was taken on August 27, when Juno was 437,000 miles (703,000 kilometers) away.Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS Nearly two months after NASA’s Juno spacecraft slipped into orbit around Jupiter, the solar-powered…

  • Researchers eager for Juno’s first chance for Jupiter science

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    Animation of Juno 14-day Orbits Starting in late 2016. Juno is currently in an even larger 53-day orbit. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech NASA’s Juno spacecraft fine-tuned its orbit around Jupiter this week, helping steer the spinning space probe on a course to dip beneath the giant planet’s radiation belts in late August for the first time with…