Principled Man Posted July 3, 2016 Share Posted July 3, 2016 (edited) http://stewardshipreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/juno-1024x768.jpg After a five-year journey through the solar system, NASA's $1.1 billion Juno mission is set to begin its orbit around Jupiter on Monday. But for the probe to be captured by the giant planet's gravity and go into the desired orbit, Juno's main engine has to fire for 35 minutes. "We've only got one shot," says Guy Beutelschies, director of space exploration systems at Lockheed Martin, the company that built and operates Juno. "If we miss this flyby, we're assuming the mission's over." That means for about 35 minutes Monday, scores of scientists and engineers will be biting their nails, crossing their fingers and staring at computer display screens, hoping the decades of work to design, build and launch this ambitious mission won't have been in vain. Assuming all goes smoothly, Juno will provide a lot answers to questions about Jupiter. Although it's well-known that the gas giant is made up primarily of hydrogen and helium gas, the planet's core remains mysterious. "Deep inside, there might be a core of material like the Earth is made of," says Johnathan Lunine, a planetary scientist at Cornell University and one of the scientists on the Juno mission. "How big it is, is anybody's guess." :haz: :haz: :haz: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/juno/main/index.html Edited July 3, 2016 by Principled Man 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Principled Man Posted July 3, 2016 Author Share Posted July 3, 2016 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUm1sBExjvw 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maverick Posted July 3, 2016 Share Posted July 3, 2016 That's no satellite. That's a ceiling fan! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J2112YYZ Posted July 3, 2016 Share Posted July 3, 2016 (edited) Pretty cool. So, in order to find out what the core of Jupiter is made of, are they sending the spacecraft into the planet? Haven't they tried that before and the crafts were destroyed by the planetary pressure once they got a certain distance into Jupiter? That picture in the video that shows Jupiter from 5 million miles away really gives you an idea how big the planet is. Its size seems too massive to comprehend. Edited July 3, 2016 by J2112YYZ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimsonmistymemory Posted July 3, 2016 Share Posted July 3, 2016 Jupiter a solar system within a solar system. the only obvious difference, Jupiter radiates more heat than light ;) 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldRUSHfan Posted July 3, 2016 Share Posted July 3, 2016 (edited) Yes this is cool....I wish we could concentrate on this type of stuff instead of stupid people and their need to order others to think like they do, and to their god also..... http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j223/OldRUSHfan/Smilies/TerroristgoBOOM.gifhttp://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j223/OldRUSHfan/Smilies/TerroristBombclass.gif Edited July 3, 2016 by OldRUSHfan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimsonmistymemory Posted July 3, 2016 Share Posted July 3, 2016 (edited) Solar System Model(Diameter in inches = ") Sun- 120.0" (10 feet)Mercury- 0.4195"Venus- 1.0436"Earth- 1.0985"Mars- 0.5828"Jupiter- 12.327"Saturn- 10.0834"Uranus- 4.0468"Neptune- 3.9168"Pluto- 0.196" Edited July 3, 2016 by Crimsonmistymemory 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Verena Posted July 3, 2016 Share Posted July 3, 2016 That's no satellite. That's a ceiling fan! Juno's surface looks beautiful, anyway. What a mix of colors! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maverick Posted July 3, 2016 Share Posted July 3, 2016 That's no satellite. That's a ceiling fan! Juno's surface looks beautiful, anyway. What a mix of colors! You mean Jupiter's surface, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LyndseyG Posted July 3, 2016 Share Posted July 3, 2016 Cool!!! :yay: :dweez: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Principled Man Posted July 3, 2016 Author Share Posted July 3, 2016 Jupiter a solar system within a solar system. the only obvious difference, Jupiter radiates more heat than light ;) Thread WINNER!! :ebert: :ebert: :ebert: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Principled Man Posted July 3, 2016 Author Share Posted July 3, 2016 http://www.imagineeringezine.com/graphics/size2.jpg 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Principled Man Posted July 3, 2016 Author Share Posted July 3, 2016 Pretty cool. So, in order to find out what the core of Jupiter is made of, are they sending the spacecraft into the planet? Haven't they tried that before and the crafts were destroyed by the planetary pressure once they got a certain distance into Jupiter? In 1995, the Galileo spacecraft sent a probe into the Jovian atmosphere without any braking. :o It went from 105,000 mph to subsonic speeds in less than 2 minutes (over 15,000 degrees of friction heat). While transmitting data, it descended 97 miles into the Jovian atmosphere in an hour, and then succombed to the intense pressure (23 times that of Earth's atmosphere). Only the top layer of atmosphere was analyzed, so to explore deeper into the planet will take far stronger probes! Juno will be measuring Jupiter's huge gravitational and magnetic fields, which should give us a good idea of what exists at the core. A diamond as big as the Earth, perhaps?? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ancient Ways Posted July 4, 2016 Share Posted July 4, 2016 Yes this is cool....I wish we could concentrate on this type of stuff instead of stupid people and their need to order others to think like they do, and to their god also..... http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j223/OldRUSHfan/Smilies/TerroristgoBOOM.gifhttp://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j223/OldRUSHfan/Smilies/TerroristBombclass.gifYet you brought it up yourself...smh. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldRUSHfan Posted July 4, 2016 Share Posted July 4, 2016 Yes this is cool....I wish we could concentrate on this type of stuff instead of stupid people and their need to order others to think like they do, and to their god also..... http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j223/OldRUSHfan/Smilies/TerroristgoBOOM.gifhttp://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j223/OldRUSHfan/Smilies/TerroristBombclass.gifYet you brought it up yourself...smh. Yes I did. I'm like that, ya know? :banana: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimsonmistymemory Posted July 4, 2016 Share Posted July 4, 2016 http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/567923main_junospacecraft0711_670.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimsonmistymemory Posted July 4, 2016 Share Posted July 4, 2016 http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/1604/JupiterMagnetosphere_JAXA_3500.jpg 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimsonmistymemory Posted July 5, 2016 Share Posted July 5, 2016 Main engine burn started on schedule! all spacecraft systems nominal :cheerleader: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disembodied Spirit Posted July 5, 2016 Share Posted July 5, 2016 I pray they pick up Matt Damon from Mars on the way back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimsonmistymemory Posted July 5, 2016 Share Posted July 5, 2016 burn half over all is well ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimsonmistymemory Posted July 5, 2016 Share Posted July 5, 2016 Main engine cut off 1st orbital path established!!! :yay: commencing spin down. NASA "welcome to Jupiter" 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldRUSHfan Posted July 5, 2016 Share Posted July 5, 2016 Yes this is cool....I wish we could concentrate on this type of stuff instead of stupid people and their need to order others to think like they do, and to their god also..... http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j223/OldRUSHfan/Smilies/TerroristgoBOOM.gifhttp://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j223/OldRUSHfan/Smilies/TerroristBombclass.gifYet you brought it up yourself...smh. Yes I did. I'm like that, ya know? :banana: smh. silly mother humper? http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j223/OldRUSHfan/Banana%20World/bananadogfront.gif Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treeduck Posted July 5, 2016 Share Posted July 5, 2016 So it's going to fly around Jupiter for 20 months. And then the'll direct it to crash land on the planet. There's no planet to land on though just hot gas so it'll just melt into the mix. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimsonmistymemory Posted August 26, 2016 Share Posted August 26, 2016 Well here we are over a month and a half later and Juno is set to make it's closest approach of the Jovian atmosphere than any other time in it's mission. The spacecraft will be a mere 2500 miles (4200km) above Jupiters clouds. The biggest difference between this and future flybys and the orbit insertion one.This time all the scientific observation equipment is up and operating. Now is the time big time science happens. Go Juno! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimsonmistymemory Posted August 29, 2016 Share Posted August 29, 2016 All is well with Juno! DATA to follow (just after Lt. Worf gives permission ) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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