Post by StuartG on Aug 6, 2011 12:02:20 GMT 1
"Juno Lifts Off"
"The Juno spacecraft launched aboard an Atlas V rocket from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on Friday, Aug. 5, 2011. Juno will make a five-year, 400-million-mile voyage to Jupiter, orbit the planet, investigate its origins and evolution with eight instruments to probe its internal structure and gravity field, measure water and ammonia in its atmosphere, map its powerful magnetic field and observe its intense auroras."
Image Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
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Excellent set of videos here...
www.space.com/12538-animated-juno-jupiter-mission.html
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"Juno to Show Jupiter's Magnetic Field in High-Def"
www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/juno/news/juno20110801.html