165,000 mph (265,000 km/h) relative to Earth,
The Denver news stations had reporters outside Lockheed Martin this morning, but none mentioned the record speed. They did mention the ‘brakes’ to enter orbit.
which is 0.000246 c
Still can’t even think about going to the Alpha Centauri.
Isn’t the headline a bit misleading?
Juno will reach those speeds for sure, but only because of the gravitational pull of Jupiter, not of its own propulsion.
Still, it’ll be mighty interesting to see what we can learn from this probe.
But can it make the Kessel run in under 12 parses?
Hope this isn’t one of those NASA half-asteroid missions. ;-) Hope everything works okay. I remember, as a small child, getting up early (on the west coast) to watch on an old b&w TV NASA launching the Mercury astronauts, from Alan Shepard to Gordon Cooper.
That's traveling almost as fast as one of the media's lies about Trump!
I hope that there are no speed traps in the vicinity.
From the article:
“The $1.1 billion Juno mission launched in August 2011. The solar-powered probe is equipped with nine science instruments, which it will use to map the gravitational and magnetic fields of Jupiter and characterize the planet’s interior structure, among other tasks.
“Juno’s observations should help researchers better understand how Jupiter formed and evolved, mission team members have said.”
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“The real scientific action, however, doesn’t start until October. On Oct. 19, Juno will perform another engine burn to shift into a science orbit, a highly elliptical 14-day loop that will take the probe within 3,100 miles (5,000 kilometers) of the Jovian cloudtops at closest approach.
“Juno will then take Jupiter’s measure over the course of more than 30 orbits before ending its life with an intentional death dive into the planet’s atmosphere in February 2018. This final maneuver is designed to ensure that no Earth microbes contaminate the ocean-harboring Jupiter moon Europa, which astrobiologists regard as one of the solar system’s best bets to host alien life.”
That is ludicrous.
Juno has long known about her husband’s affairs, but what happens when she gets there and finds that he keeps a number of his paramours in orbit around him constantly? She’ll blow a gasket.
Juno has long known about her husband’s affairs, but what happens when she gets there and finds that he keeps a number of his paramours in orbit around him constantly? She’ll blow a gasket.
Helios was. German European space agency mission, not NASA. They were launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Launch complex 41 by an AF Titan IIIE booster with a NASA centaur upper stage.
NASA JUNO: Mission To Jupiter Real Time Simulation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Uayu5LvdTk