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  • NASA plans new mission to Jupiter

    06/03/2005 7:07:02 PM PDT · by Righty_McRight · 45 replies · 690+ views
    CNN ^ | June 3, 2005
    CNN) -- NASA has unveiled preliminary details of a mission to Jupiter that would enable scientists to conduct their most in-depth study of the solar system's largest planet. The $700 million "Juno" mission, part of NASA's New Frontiers Program, must be ready for launch by June 30, 2010, although it would take five years for the solar-powered probe to reach its destination. Juno would be placed in a pole-to-pole orbit, enabling it to study the gas planet's intense magnetic field, investigate the existence of an ice-rock core and determine the amount of water and ammonia present in the atmosphere. It...