Photo Gallery: Juno Mission to Jupiter explained at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Jet Propulsion Laboratory’s Juno Mission to Jupiter principal investigator Scott Bolton talks about the primary goals of the expedition to Jupiter on media day at JPL in La Cañada Flintridge on Thursday, June 9, 2016. According to the press release, the mission’s principal goal is to improve the understanding of Jupiter’s formation and evolution. The spacecraft will investigate the planet’s origins, interior structure, deep atmosphere and magnetosphere. Additionally, this information will help understand the history of our solar system and provide new insight into how planetary systems form and develop in our galaxy and beyond, according the the press release. (Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)
Juno Mission to Jupiter JunoCam Operations Engineer Elsa Jensen talks about digital camera on board the spacecraft on media day at Jet Propulsion Laboratory in La Cañada Flintridge on Thursday, June 9, 2016. Jensen works at Malin Space Science Systems in San Diego. The camera is 1600 pixels by 1200 pixels and can create 2 megapixel images. It has a protective structure because of the extreme radiation around Jupiter. According to the press release, the mission’s principal goal is to improve the understanding of Jupiter’s formation and evolution. The spacecraft will investigate the planet’s origins, interior structure, deep atmosphere and magnetosphere. Additionally, this information will help understand the history of our solar system and provide new insight into how planetary systems form and develop in our galaxy and beyond, according the the press release. (Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)
Jet Propulsion Laboratory’s Juno Mission to Jupiter planner Stuart Stephens talks to a member of the media net to a 1/4-size replica of the Juno spacecraft on media day at JPL in La Cañada Flintridge on Thursday, June 9, 2016. According to the press release, the mission’s principal goal is to improve the understanding of Jupiter’s formation and evolution. The spacecraft will investigate the planet’s origins, interior structure, deep atmosphere and magnetosphere. Additionally, this information will help understand the history of our solar system and provide new insight into how planetary systems form and develop in our galaxy and beyond, according the the press release. (Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)
Jet Propulsion Laboratory’s Juno Mission to Jupiter visualization technology applications manager Kevin Hussey talks about how anyone will be able to follow via the internet the expedition to Jupiter as it happens, on media day at JPL in La Cañada Flintridge on Thursday, June 9, 2016. According to the press release, the mission’s principal goal is to improve the understanding of Jupiter’s formation and evolution. The spacecraft will investigate the planet’s origins, interior structure, deep atmosphere and magnetosphere. Additionally, this information will help understand the history of our solar system and provide new insight into how planetary systems form and develop in our galaxy and beyond, according the the press release. (Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)
Jet Propulsion Laboratory’s Juno Mission to Jupiter principal investigator Scott Bolton talks about the three metal legos on board the spacecraft and the primary goals of the expedition to Jupiter on media day at JPL in La Cañada Flintridge on Thursday, June 9, 2016. According to the press release, the mission’s principal goal is to improve the understanding of Jupiter’s formation and evolution. The spacecraft will investigate the planet’s origins, interior structure, deep atmosphere and magnetosphere. Additionally, this information will help understand the history of our solar system and provide new insight into how planetary systems form and develop in our galaxy and beyond, according the the press release. (Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)
Juno Mission to Jupiter JunoCam Operations Engineer Elsa Jensen talks about digital camera on board the spacecraft on media day at Jet Propulsion Laboratory in La Cañada Flintridge on Thursday, June 9, 2016. Jensen works at Malin Space Science Systems in San Diego. The color camera is 1600 pixels by 1200 pixels and can create 2 megapixel images. It has protective structure because of the extreme radiation around Jupiter. According to the press release, the mission’s principal goal is to improve the understanding of Jupiter’s formation and evolution. The spacecraft will investigate the planet’s origins, interior structure, deep atmosphere and magnetosphere. Additionally, this information will help understand the history of our solar system and provide new insight into how planetary systems form and develop in our galaxy and beyond, according the the press release. (Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)
With a large crowd of visitors looking on from a second floor corridor, Jet Propulsion Laboratory’s Juno Mission to Jupiter principal investigator Scott Bolton talks about the primary goals of the expedition to Jupiter on media day at JPL in La Cañada Flintridge on Thursday, June 9, 2016. According to the press release, the mission’s principal goal is to improve the understanding of Jupiter’s formation and evolution. The spacecraft will investigate the planet’s origins, interior structure, deep atmosphere and magnetosphere. Additionally, this information will help understand the history of our solar system and provide new insight into how planetary systems form and develop in our galaxy and beyond, according the the press release. (Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)