{"id":763,"date":"2011-08-25T03:00:12","date_gmt":"2011-08-25T10:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aiaaocrocketry.org\/?page_id=763"},"modified":"2011-12-03T07:47:37","modified_gmt":"2011-12-03T14:47:37","slug":"jupiter","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/aiaaocrocketry.org\/?page_id=763","title":{"rendered":"To: Jupiter"},"content":{"rendered":"
Over the years there have been many missions to Jupiter.\u00a0 The latest, Juno, \u00a0launched recently on August 5, 2011.\u00a0 The first was Pioneer 10, launched in 1972.\u00a0 Further details about the Jupiter missions can be found on NASA’s Jupiter web pages<\/a>.\u00a0 Jupiter is a very large planet, with a radius of about 10 – 11 times that of earth and is at a distance of between 588 to 968 million kilometers.\u00a0 More details about Jupiter can be found on NASA’s Jupiter Fact Sheet<\/a>.<\/div>\n
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Juno mission to Jupiter<\/strong><\/div>\n
On August 5, 2011 NASA launched the Juno Spacecraft on a five year mission to Jupiter.\u00a0 Juno will arrive July, 2016.\u00a0 The spacecraft will orbit Jupiter for about one year – which is a total of 33 orbits (Jupiter is BIG!).\u00a0 The mission will end with de-orbit into Jupiter.\u00a0 You can find out much more about this mission by visiting the NASA Juno web Pages<\/a><\/div>\n
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Previous Missions<\/strong><\/div>\n
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Cassini<\/a> – 1997\u00a0 Cassini\u00a0is a current\u00a0a mission to Saturn via Jupiter (detailed description<\/a>) since Cassini was unable to reach Saturn directly with the propulsion systems of the time.\u00a0 Cassini made a fly-by of Jupiter on December 29, 2000.\u00a0 At a distance of 10 million kilometers (6.2 million miles), Cassini made a mosaic of the entire planet from 27 photos.\u00a0 This was the best image of Jupiter ever taken and can be seen here<\/a>.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/div>\n
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Ulysses<\/a> – 1990 Ulysses was a mission to explore details of\u00a0the environment above the\u00a0sun’s poles\u00a0(detailed description<\/a>).\u00a0 Similar to Cassini, Ulysses used Jupiter to aid as a springboard to reach the primary target which was the sun.\u00a0 Ulysses first encountered Jupiter during a very close fly-by on February 8, 1992 where it made measurements of Jupiter’s magnetosphere<\/a>.\u00a0 From November 2003 to April 2004 Ulysses was again in the vicinity of Jupiter.\u00a0 The mission ended June 30, 2009.<\/div>\n
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Galileo<\/a> – 1989 Galileo was a mission to Jupiter in two parts – an orbiter\u00a0(detailed description<\/a>) and a probe (detailed description<\/a>). Galileo launched 10\/18\/1989 aboard Space Shuttle Atlantis on STS-34.\u00a0 Galileo used Earth and Venus for acceleration.\u00a0 In December 1995 the probe was released into Jupiter.<\/div>\n
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Voyager<\/a> 2 – 1977 Voyager 2 launched 8\/20\/1977 and was the first of a pair of spacecraft launche to explore Jupiter and Saturn\u00a0 (detailed description<\/a>)\u00a0\u00a0but was plagued with problems – later overcome.\u00a0 Its launch date was unique in that Voyager 2’s\u00a0path would also take it past Uranus and Neptune.\u00a0 Like Voyager 1, it contained a\u00a0golden record of sounds from earth.\u00a0\u00a0Voyager continues to speed out of our solar system. Images from Voyager 1 and 2 can be found here<\/a>.<\/div>\n
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Voyager <\/a>1 – 1977\u00a0 Voyager 1 was launched on 9\/5\/1977 – delayed to make certain that delays caused by problems on Voyager 2 were not repeated (detailed description<\/a>) – the launch was “flawless and accurate”.\u00a0 Although launched after Voyager 2, Voyager 1 was quicker to get to Jupiter in March of 1979.\u00a0 After taking 18,000 photos, cameras were turned off for nearly\u00a09 years.\u00a0 In February 1990 a mosaic of 60 frames were taken to form a “family portrait” of our solar system.\u00a0 This portait can be seen here<\/a>, and diagrams\u00a0here<\/a> and here<\/a>.<\/div>\n
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Pioneer<\/a> 11 – 1973\u00a0 Pioneer 11 was launched 4\/6\/1973 and was\u00a0was the second mission to investigate Jupiter and the outer solar system (detailed description<\/a>)\u00a0 .\u00a0\u00a0Like Pioneer 10, used Jupiter’s gravitational field to alter its trajectory radically.\u00a0 Like Pioneer 10, it contains a\u00a0plaque showing mankind and the location of the sun and earth in our\u00a0galaxy.\u00a0 On December 3,\u00a01974 , Pioneer 11 passed to within 43,000 km of Jupiter’s cloud tops.\u00a0 Fifteen experiments were carried (listed here<\/a>\u00a0– each entry has a link with details).\u00a0 On September 30, 1995 NASA stopped trying to communicate with Pioneer 11- details here<\/a>.<\/div>\n
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Pioneer <\/a>10 – 1972 Pioneer 10 was launched 3\/3\/1972 (detailed description<\/a>) and was\u00a0 the first mission\u00a0sent to the outer solar system and the first to investigate Jupiter.\u00a0 It was closest to the planet on 12\/4\/1973 at 200,000 km.\u00a0 Details of the fourteen experiments carried aboard can be found here<\/a>.\u00a0 Pioneer 10 was last heard from on January 22, 2003 – details here<\/a>.<\/div>\n
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Over the years there have been many missions to Jupiter.\u00a0 The latest, Juno, \u00a0launched recently on August 5, 2011.\u00a0 The first was Pioneer 10, launched in 1972.\u00a0 Further details about the Jupiter missions can be found on NASA’s Jupiter web pages.\u00a0 Jupiter is a very large planet, with a radius of about 10 – 11 … Continue reading To: Jupiter<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":398,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aiaaocrocketry.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/763"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aiaaocrocketry.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aiaaocrocketry.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aiaaocrocketry.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aiaaocrocketry.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=763"}],"version-history":[{"count":32,"href":"https:\/\/aiaaocrocketry.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/763\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":765,"href":"https:\/\/aiaaocrocketry.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/763\/revisions\/765"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aiaaocrocketry.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/398"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aiaaocrocketry.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=763"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}