Firing the engine will last approx. Half an hour – says the Associated Press. This maneuver is for the mission is the most critical, because if braking that failed, Juno oddaliłaby from Jupiter falling out of orbit.
His mission spacecraft launched in August 2011. On the way, beat nearly 3 billion kilometers.
It will be orbited Jupiter for a year. During this time, has sent back to Earth pictures – the best approximation of the surface of this planet, ever made.
Long Road
As the message of the radio signal between Jupiter and the Earth takes 48 minutes, in case of problems mission controllers at Jet Propulsion Laboratory (NASA) in California will not be able to intervene on a regular basis. They can only wait and listen for signals suggesting that the engine Juno was fired as planned.
While space probes reach the vicinity of Jupiter from the 70s, still a lot of things on this planet do not know.
Many devices
On board the Juno is nine instruments to investigate Jupiter’s gaseous interior and the turbulent atmosphere. There are also three figurines Lego, representing the Roman god Jupiter, the goddess Juno and Galileo Galilei (Galileo).
When Juno fulfill its tasks in 2018. Finally “dives” in the atmosphere of Jupiter and burn.
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