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Juno in launch configuration. Juno is a NASA space probe orbiting the planet Jupiter.It was built by Lockheed Martin and is operated by NASA 's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.The spacecraft was launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on August 5, 2011 UTC, as part of the New Frontiers program. [6]
Juno ' s orbit is highly elongated and takes it close to the poles (within 4,300 kilometres (2,700 mi)), but then far beyond Callisto's orbit, the most distant Galilean moon. [12] This orbital design helps the spacecraft (and its complement of scientific instruments) avoid Jupiter's radiation belts, which have a record of damaging spacecraft ...
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If nothing else, the spacecraft Juno, which is currently in an elongated orbit of Jupiter, has taught us that the largest planet in our solar system is weird. From spectacular photographs to ...
Juno would go on to enter Jupiter's orbit in July 2016. [3] The magnetosphere blocks the charged particles of the solar wind, with the number of solar wind particles Juno encountered dropping 100-fold when it entered the Jovian magnetosphere. [3] Before Juno entered it, it was encountering about 16 solar wind particles per cubic inch of space. [3]
The European Space Agency’s Juice mission to study Jupiter’s icy moons conducted a daring double flyby of Earth and the moon to help it reach the largest planet in our solar system.
This mission plan was to orbit an asteroid, at the time named 1999 RQ 36 (now 101955 Bennu), by 2020. After extensive measurements, the spacecraft collected a sample from the asteroid's surface for return to Earth in 2023. The mission, minus the cost of the launch vehicle ($183.5 million), is expected to cost approximately $800 million.
The Juno mission, of which Scott Bolton is the principal investigator.. Bolton is the principal investigator for Juno, a mission launched in 2011 to study Jupiter's origin, atmosphere, magnetosphere and interior structure, [2] part of NASA's New Frontiers program to explore the outer planets of the solar system. [3]