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Juno Spacecraft Begins Its Voyage to Jupiter
NASA’s solar-powered Juno spacecraft lifted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida at 9:25 a.m. PDT (12:25 p.m. EDT) Friday to begin a five-year journey to Jupiter.
Juno Spacecraft Carrying Three ‘Passengers’ to Jupiter Orbit
NASA’s Jupiter-bound Juno spacecraft will carry the 1.5-inch likeness of Galileo Galilei, the Roman god Jupiter and his wife Juno to Jupiter when the spacecraft launches this Friday, Aug. 5. The inclusion of the three mini-statues, or figurines,...
NASA’s Juno Spacecraft Getting Ready to Lift Off on Friday, August 5
NASA’s Juno spacecraft is getting ready to lift off on Friday, Aug. 5, 2011. On Aug. 4, at about 5 a.m. PDT (8 a.m. EDT), the Jupiter explorer will be rolled some 1,800 feet (about 550 meters) from the 286-foot-tall (87-meter) Vertical Integration...
Juno Spacecraft Secured to Its Rocket
NASA’s Juno spacecraft completed its last significant terrestrial journey on Wednesday, with a 15-mile (25-kilometer) trip from Astrotech Space Operations in Titusville, Fla., to its launch pad at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. The solar-powered,...
NASA’s Next Mars Rover to Land At the Foot of a Layered Mountain Inside the Planet’s Gale Crater
NASA’s next Mars rover will land at the foot of a layered mountain inside the planet’s Gale Crater.
Dawn Spacecraft Returns First Close-Up Image of Vesta
NASA’s Dawn spacecraft has returned the first close-up image after beginning its orbit around the giant asteroid Vesta. On Friday, July 15, Dawn became the first probe to enter orbit around an object in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter.
NASA’s Dawn Spacecraft Enters Orbit Around Vesta
NASA’s Dawn spacecraft on Saturday became the first probe ever to enter orbit around an object in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter.
Mission Managers Studying the Spacecraft Dawn’s Ion Propulsion System
Mission managers for NASA’s Dawn spacecraft are studying the spacecraft’s ion propulsion system after Dawn experienced a loss of thrust on June 27. Dawn team members were able to trace the episode to an electronic circuit in the spacecraft’s...
