News Archive / Tagged: Jupiter
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Europe launches JUICE to study Jupiter’s icy moons
Derek RichardsonApril 14th, 2023The Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer, JUICE, is on its way to the solar system’s largest planet to study three of its four Galilean moons.
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NASA’s Lucy spacecraft may have a solar array problem
Derek RichardsonOctober 18th, 2021In an update, NASA said one of the two circular solar arrays on the Lucy spacecraft bound for Jupiter’s Trojan asteroids may not have fully latched during deployment.
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NASA’s Lucy mission begins journey to Jupiter’s Trojan asteroids
Theresa CrossOctober 16th, 2021NASA’s Lucy mission to Jupiter’s Trojan asteroids has begun with a launch atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket.
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Lucy probe launching to Jupiter’s Trojan asteroids this month
Laurel KornfeldOctober 1st, 2021Lucy, the first spacecraft to explore Jupiter's Trojan asteroids, has completed eight weeks of preparation ahead of its planned Oct. 16 launch.
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NASA’s Lucy Trojan asteroid spacecraft arrives in Florida
Cullen DesforgesAugust 10th, 2021NASA’s first spacecraft to explore Jupiter's Trojan asteroids, Lucy, has arrived in Florida in advance of its October 2021 launch.
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Europa Clipper mission to launch atop a Falcon Heavy
Michael McCabeJuly 28th, 2021After years of debating on a launch vehicle Europa Clipper spacecraft, NASA has selected SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy for the mission to Jupiter’s icy moon.
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Finding life on Europa requires drilling to its subsurface ocean
Laurel KornfeldJuly 24th, 2021A future mission seeking signs of life on Jupiter's moon Europa will likely require drilling into its global subsurface ocean, according to a new study published in the journal Nature Astronomy.
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Data shows Jupiter’s magnetic field changes over time
Laurel KornfeldMay 21st, 2019Jupiter's internal magnetic field undergoes changes over time, NASA's Juno orbiter confirmed after recent science flybys of the giant planet.
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Prototype high-gain antenna being tested for Europa Clipper
Laurel KornfeldApril 3rd, 2019A prototype high-gain antenna that will transmit data for NASA's Europa Clipper mission is being tested at an indoor electromagnetic testing facility.
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ULA tapped to begin NASA mission to Jupiter’s trojan asteroids
Joe LatrellFebruary 2nd, 2019NASA's Launch Services Program announced Feb. 1 that the agency's Lucy asteroid mission would be sent to space using an Atlas V rocket.
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Juno snaps photo of two giant storms
Jim SharkeyJanuary 24th, 2019NASA's Juno spacecraft captured an image of two massive storms in Jupiter's turbulent southern hemisphere during its most recent close pass.
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Mission to Jupiter’s Trojan asteroids given the go ahead
Jason RhianOctober 31st, 2018NASA's missions to the largest planet in our solar system, Jupiter, have focused on the giant gas planet itself. This could soon change as the space agency has just given the go ahead for the development of a spacecraft designed to study tiny bodies that travel alongside the "king of the planets."
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Juno spacecraft snaps stunning image of Jovian swirls
Jim SharkeyOctober 10th, 2018Juno has discovered stunning patterns in Jupiter's cloud tops - as well as some unusual and hard to find features.
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Map depicting radiation on Europa could help direct upcoming missions
Laurel KornfeldJuly 27th, 2018Jupiter's moon Europa, which likely hosts a global subsurface ocean, is one of the most promising locations for finding microbial life beyond Earth in our solar system. However, its parent planet, Jupiter, bombards the moon with radiation that could seriously diminish its habitability.
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Juno may have found new volcano on Jupiter’s moon Io
Laurel KornfeldJuly 17th, 2018A new heat source detected near the south pole of Jupiter's moon Io may be the site of a previously undiscovered volcano, according to researchers working with data returned by NASA's Juno spacecraft.