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Lynn Send message Joined: 20 Nov 00 Posts: 14162 Credit: 79,603,650 RAC: 123 |
Video: Juno Mission Trailer Secrets lie deep within Jupiter, shrouded in the solar system's strongest magnetic field and most lethal radiation belts. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgEsf4QcR0Q&feature=youtu.be&list=PLTiv_XWHnOZpM1iLQr95P4KDXYiYnJUOE |
Lynn Send message Joined: 20 Nov 00 Posts: 14162 Credit: 79,603,650 RAC: 123 |
More on Juno. Juno To Arrive at Jupiter Tonight NASA’s solar-powered Juno spacecraft is set to arrive at Jupiter after an almost five-year journey. Juno will perform a suspenseful orbit insertion maneuver, a 35-minute burn of its main engine, to slow the spacecraft so it can be captured into the gas giant’s orbit. NASA TV coverage of orbital insertion begins on July 4 at 10:30 p.m. EDT. Once in orbit, the spacecraft will circle the Jovian world 37 times during 20 months, skimming to within 3,100 miles (5,000 km) above the cloud tops. This is the first time a spacecraft will orbit the poles of Jupiter, providing new answers to ongoing mysteries about the planet’s core, composition and magnetic fields. |
Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 30673 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
We are in orbit! |
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