Go for flyby! Tomorrow I’ll make my next close pass over #Jupiter’s cloud tops. Closest approach is on April 6 at 5:54am Pacific, Earth Received Time. Follow along with @NASA_Eyes: https://t.co/kwYlvsyB9y pic.twitter.com/RPFaHL9ytI
— NASA's Juno Mission (@NASAJuno) April 5, 2019
As regular readers know, I've been transfixed by this multi-layered Jupiter mapping mission for nearly four years, now. Here's the latest, from NASA, above -- and some early history, below:
. . .This animation (below) is an artist’s rendition of the first science flyby NASA’s Juno spacecraft made through the inner edge of Jupiter’s radiation belts, which took place on August 27, 2016. The radiation environment in this previously unexplored region surprised the team, revealing a different distribution than previously modeled. Results from Juno’s Radiation Monitoring Investigation are discussed in the special issue of Geophysical Research Letters for Juno’s first and third science flybys. As the mission progresses, Juno will encounter increasingly harsher regions. Juno’s heavily shielded spacecraft is holding up well in Jupiter’s radiation environment and has had no issues related to radiation. . . .
Onward, you twisting copper goddess. . . . smile.
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