Some information sources:
[QUOTE] [URL="http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/juno/main/index.html"]http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/juno/main/index.html[/URL] [/QUOTE]
[QUOTE] [URL="http://www.theguardian.com/science/live/2016/jul/05/nasas-juno-spacecraft-arrives-at-jupiter-live"]http://www.theguardian.com/science/live/2016/jul/05/nasas-juno-spacecraft-arrives-at-jupiter-live[/URL] [/QUOTE]
[QUOTE] [URL="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-36710214"]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-36710214[/URL] [/QUOTE]
[QUOTE] [URL="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-36688710"]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-36688710[/URL] [/QUOTE]
You can watch the success from mission control via the NASA Facebook page too :v:
This is SUCH good news!!
[QUOTE] "After a five-year voyage across 1.8bn miles (2.8bn km), Nasa’s Juno spacecraft has reached Jupiter and successfully entered its orbit."[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE] “Juno, welcome to Jupiter,” said mission control commentator Jennifer Delavan of Lockheed Martin, which built Juno. In the background, scientists could be seen cheering, clapping and hugging each other.[/QUOTE]
This is one of the most difficult missions NASA have achieved, and it is going to be an exciting future ahead in developments of knowledge on Jupiter - I cannot wait!
Check out Google's doodle in dedication to the success too - it's pretty awesome! :smile:
[video=youtube;BYn-KY-_lV0]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYn-KY-_lV0[/video]
[video=youtube;Zz3Zat11884]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zz3Zat11884[/video]
[video=youtube;kjfQCTat-8s]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjfQCTat-8s[/video]
I got to visit the Deep Space Network control room when I visited JPL a few weeks ago. Place is awesome, I walked right by the room on the livestream. Apparently there has always been at least one engineer there since they started the DSN 40 years ago. Also all data from US and foreign space probes passes through there. Pretty cool
Right now I believe all the science instruments (including JUNOCAM) are turned off but will be turned on within 50 hours or so.
here's a peak at what juno saw while approaching Jupiter:
[video=youtube;kjfQCTat-8s]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjfQCTat-8s&feature=youtu.be&ab_channel=NASAJetPropulsionLaboratory[/video]
Soon: Juno goes Beyond The Infinite.
"My god, it's full of stars..."
very fitting for an american spacecraft to reach jupiter on july 4th
Sad it is only doing 37 orbits IIRC but good none the less
The reason it's only doing a limited number of orbits is because they don't want to risk contaminating Europa in case it has life on it. NASA are really paranoid about our icky Earth germs.
[QUOTE=Whomobile;50648917]The reason it's only doing a limited number of orbits is because they don't want to risk contaminating Europa in case it has life on it. NASA are really paranoid about our icky Earth germs.[/QUOTE]
Nah understandable, hope they get good data from it.
[QUOTE=Whomobile;50648917]The reason it's only doing a limited number of orbits is because they don't want to risk contaminating Europa in case it has life on it. NASA are really paranoid about our icky Earth germs.[/QUOTE]
if you ever visit europa don't drink the water, it'll give you the runs
[QUOTE=Whomobile;50648917]The reason it's only doing a limited number of orbits is because they don't want to risk contaminating Europa in case it has life on it. NASA are really paranoid about our icky Earth germs.[/QUOTE]
Damn, that sucks. Why didn't they sterilize it?
[QUOTE=orgornot;50649003]Damn, that sucks. Why didn't they sterilize it?[/QUOTE]
You can only sterilize something so much and keep it sterile during transport/storage/launch. Plus Juno's task doesn't require it to function very long compared to say, Voyager or Galileo, so going through sterilisation procedures is unnecessary and a waste of time/money/effort.
[editline]5th July 2016[/editline]
The planned Europa Clipper is set to have a Lander on it so we will be exploring the moon in the 2020s as long as the mission isn't killed off.
[QUOTE=Whomobile;50649022]You can only sterilize something so much and keep it sterile during transport/storage/launch. Plus Juno's task doesn't require it to function very long compared to say, Voyager or Galileo, so going through sterilisation procedures is unnecessary and a waste of time/money/effort.
[editline]5th July 2016[/editline]
The planned Europa Clipper is set to have a Lander on it so we will be exploring the moon in the 2020s as long as the mission isn't killed off.[/QUOTE]
Yes and floating colonies on Venus is a GREAT idea. Colonizing Europa is a bunch of crap; unless you like
1. Dealing with large gravity storms
2. irradiated everything
3. no land base
4. 0 atmosphere to vent heat
5. shit day/night cycles for solar unless you know a way to quickly deploy nuclear power
Right now establishing and exploring mars is the only viable thing right now short and long term.
It's a probe lander not a manned lander :v:.
[QUOTE=Whomobile;50649057]It's a probe lander not a manned lander :v:.[/QUOTE]
Sounded like you wanted to land there, my bad dude.
[QUOTE=Whomobile;50648816]Right now I believe all the science instruments (including JUNOCAM) are turned off but will be turned on within 50 hours or so.
here's a peak at what juno saw while approaching Jupiter:
[video=youtube;kjfQCTat-8s]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjfQCTat-8s&feature=youtu.be&ab_channel=NASAJetPropulsionLaboratory[/video][/QUOTE]
This just looks unsettling for some reason.
[QUOTE=Cocacoladude;50649254]This just looks unsettling for some reason.[/QUOTE]
I think it's just us trying to wrap our human brains around something so massive existing so far away, I kind of like that feeling. We're just beginning to become pioneers of space.
If you want to be really unsettled, check out this Cassini footage:
[video=youtube;4c8eSr7x7AA]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4c8eSr7x7AA[/video]
I hope we don't nuke the planet this time! :v:
[QUOTE=Cocacoladude;50649254]This just looks unsettling for some reason.[/QUOTE]
I always thought the ring shadows were the most unsettling thing - even the shadows are thousands of miles wide
[QUOTE=Whomobile;50648917]The reason it's only doing a limited number of orbits is because they don't want to risk contaminating Europa in case it has life on it. NASA are really paranoid about our icky Earth germs.[/QUOTE]
So how close is it getting to Europa?
[QUOTE=RobL;50649713]So how close is it getting to Europa?[/QUOTE]
Not very, but there's always a chance that as the probe's orbit chances over time that there could be an eventual collision. They don't want to risk infecting the moon at any point, even if it is decades from now.
Does this mean we're going to get high res pictures of Jupiter? That is going to look absolutely insane
[QUOTE=Shadow801;50649859]Does this mean we're going to get high res pictures of Jupiter? That is going to look absolutely insane[/QUOTE]
Yes and No. the camera onboard Juno is there for public relations purposes only (not required for the mission) and isn't as telescopic as Galileo's or even the Voyager's cameras, however it will be flying so close to Jupiter that it won't need much zoom to get a good pic, I don't think we'll be seeing any photos of the moons once the mission begins.
[editline]5th July 2016[/editline]
Also it will be destroyed by radiation after a few orbits.
The pictures taken by hubble last year were amazing. I'm really looking forward to more Jupiter pictures
[media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3afEX8a2jPg[/media]
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