Juno Jupiter probe is the second exploration project implemented by NASA's Xinjiang border project (the first project was the New Horizon probe launched in 2006). Juno was built by Lockheed Martin, and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory under the leadership of NASA was responsible for the operation of the whole exploration mission.
Juno Jupiter probe is the second exploration project implemented by NASA's Xinjiang border project (the first project was the New Horizon probe launched in 2006). Juno was built by Lockheed Martin, and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory under the leadership of NASA was responsible for the operation of the whole exploration mission.
On 2011August 5 12: 25, the Jupiter probe Juno took off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA, and embarked on an exploration trip to Jupiter.
On June 3rd, 20 16, at 2pm (at 3am on June 3rd, 65438+ 10/4, Beijing time), Juno, USA broke the record of the longest range of detectors relying on solar energy. At that time, it was about 793 million kilometers away from the sun, in contrast, the distance between the earth and the sun was only about10.50 billion kilometers.
At noon on July 5, 20 16, Beijing time, NASA held a press conference, announcing that Juno, which had been flying in space for four years and zero1month, successfully entered Jupiter's orbit, which was the first probe orbiting Jupiter since Galileo ended its Jupiter exploration mission in 2003.