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The juno spacecraft passed over the poles of Jupiter last Saturday.
Using NASA's Eyes application, I followed the approach in the simulator in my Mac. Saturday everything went OK, and I waited for the photographs... that didn't come. Well, NASA is processing the photographs, I said to myself and waited all Sunday. Nothing. Maybe Monday? Nothing on Monday. Nor in Tueday... The well known planetary society, publishes a blog written by Emily Lakdawalla. http://www.planetary.org/blogs/emily...ter-close.html quote I don't know what other images have been planned, because the mission has inexplicably chosen not to share information with the public about those plans. This is really weird, because Cassini and New Horizons were both very open about their plans for imaging with their science cameras. Juno's JunoCam is an instrument intended specifically for public outreach, and yet they're keeping information about it close to the vest. Apart from the types of imaging mentioned in the press release, there has been discussion of attempting 3D imaging of clouds by taking images closely spaced in time as the spacecraft passes from north to south. There was also an opportunity to image Ganymede yesterday. We'll have to wait and see! end quote She wrote that on Saturday. Today is thursday, and still nothing yet. What can they possible have seen that is so secret that nobody can see it? This becomes really interesting now. |
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NASA published some data today. Maybe it was just that, the view of the
poles of Jupiter was quite interesting, they took their time. |
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On Saturday, September 3, 2016 at 7:28:43 AM UTC+12, jacob navia wrote:
NASA published some data today. Maybe it was just that, the view of the poles of Jupiter was quite interesting, they took their time. Thanks for the update. https://www.missionjuno.swri.edu/media-gallery/junocam JUNOCAM In the media gallery below you'll find the first images being sent directly from the Juno spacecraft. Juno is carrying a camera, called JunoCam, to Jupiter to acquire the best pictures ever taken of Jupiter’s polar regions. But it has another purpose – to involve the world in planning and processing images, carrying out steps a science team would ordinarily do. The JunoCam team has planned the earth flyby images, but when we get to Jupiter we will rely on the public’s help to operate the camera.. How do you take a picture when your spacecraft is spinning? Malin Space Science Systems (MSSS) took on this challenge for the Juno project. JunoCam has a “push-frame” design, like many MSSS cameras, that acquires the image a strip at a time as the spacecraft spins and the earth passes through the field of view. * * * I especially like the images of Earth showing South America as Juno left Earth. It shows the stars as well as the Earth - in perfect exposure. It is the nature of the push-frame camera design to capture everything (not film that can be over-exposed on one area and under-exposed on another). So, the stars are visible as well as all the details on the Earth image. Very nice. |
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NASA to Extend Juno Jupiter Mission by Three Years:
"The Juno spacecraft currently orbiting Jupiter was supposed end its mission by crashing into the gas giant next month. Not anymore! It turns out the scientific mission will be extended through at least 2021 so it can meet its goals, as Business Insider first reported yesterday. This will delay the probe’s dramatic demise for at least a few years." See: https://gizmodo.com/nasa-to-extend-j...ars-1826581220 |
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