NASA's dangerous Juno mission [Updated]

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L.A. Times



Science


NASA's dangerous Juno mission: Unravel Jupiter's secrets and solve the mysteries of life


By Amina Khan
July 2, 2016, 4:00 p.m.


Late at night, when the halls around her were empty, Heidi Becker positioned her subject in the crosshairs of an electron-shooting linear accelerator. Along with her companions, she arranged a cartload of heavy lead bricks to make sure the deadly radiation would hit only its intended target.

By day, the accelerator at the Curie Institute hospital in Paris was used to kill tumors in cancer patients. This time, its lethal gaze would be aimed at an early version of the star tracker aboard NASA’s Juno spacecraft, which is set to enter Jupiter’s orbit on July 4.

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The Verge



NASA’s Juno spacecraft will snap the first up close images of Jupiter on Saturday

But we won't get them until later next week

By Loren Grush on August 26, 2016 11:34 am



NASA’s Juno spacecraft will get cozy with Jupiter this weekend, as the vehicle makes its closest approach to the gas giant early Saturday morning at 8:51AM ET.

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It may be a while before we get those answers though. The data gathered during this Perijove pass will be downlinked to Earth over the next couple of days, but it will be "some time" before the results are analyzed and interpreted.

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Popular Mechanics



The First Results from the Juno Mission Reveal Surprises at Jupiter

A constantly mixing atmosphere and an absolutely massive magnetic field—here's a quick look at what Juno has discovered so far.


By Avery Thompson May 5, 2017



Previous observations of Jupiter from the Galileo spacecraft suggested that Jupiter was made mostly of a uniform interior with a solid core of metallic hydrogen. New gravitational data from Juno call that into question. It now appears that Jupiter's internal layers are not uniform at all, but instead regularly mix together.

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Juno is getting some stunning results. Take a look at these two articles:

Business Insider

Jupiter has 'rivers' of ammonia and 870-mile-wide cyclones swirling across its surface


Irene Klotz, Reuters

05-25-17



Jupiter's atmosphere features colossal cyclones and rivers of ammonia welling up from deep inside the solar system's largest planet, researchers said on Thursday, publishing the first insights from a NASA spacecraft flying around the gas giant.

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LA Times

Science Now

Discoveries from the world of science and medicine

This is Jupiter? Giant planet surprises scientists in Juno’s first flybys


Amina Khan - Contact Reporter

May 25th, 2017, 4:25 p.m.



Scientists with the NASA Juno mission have released the findings from the spacecraft’s first two orbits around Jupiter — and the results are unlike anything they expected.

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Space.com Science & Astronomy



Jupiter's Rings from the Inside! First-Ever View Captured by Juno

By Mike Wall, Space.com Senior Writer | May 26, 2017 07:45am ET



During its initial data-collecting dive over Jupiter's poles on Aug. 27, 2016, Juno captured the first-ever photo of the giant planet's faint ring system from the inside, mission team members revealed Thursday (May 25).

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