August 2021 marks ten years since NASA\u2019s mission to Jupiter, Juno, was launched. The mission \u2013 to uncover the mysteries surrounding Jupiter\u2019s formation \u2013 was expected to end this year with the $1.1 billion satellite deorbiting into the planet\u2019s gassy atmosphere. But thanks to the ingenuity of its engineering, the robust spacecraft has surpassed expectations and been granted an extension to its life. The Sky at Night looks at the amazing research that has resulted from this mission, expanding our understanding of the gas giant and explaining how Juno will now use its extra time in orbit to gather information for future Jupiter-bound missions \u2013 NASA\u2019s Europa Clipper and the European Space Agency\u2019s Juice mission.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
August 2021 marks ten years since NASA\u2019s mission to Jupiter, Juno, was launched. The mission \u2013 to uncover the mysteries surrounding Jupiter\u2019s formation \u2013 was expected to end this year with the $1.1 billion satellite deorbiting into the planet\u2019s gassy atmosphere. But thanks to the ingenuity of its engineering, the robust spacecraft has surpassed expectations and been granted an extension to its life. The Sky at Night looks at the amazing research that has resulted from this mission, expanding our understanding of the gas giant and explaining how Juno will now use its extra time in orbit to gather information for future Jupiter-bound missions \u2013 NASA\u2019s Europa Clipper and the European Space Agency\u2019s Juice mission.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","trakt_type":[2459],"trakt_genre":[2574,2622],"trakt_year":[2677],"trakt_show":[2678],"trakt_season":[2985],"trakt_episode":[2466],"class_list":["post-42639","traktivity_event","type-traktivity_event","status-publish","hentry","trakt_type-tv-series","trakt_genre-documentary","trakt_genre-news","trakt_year-2677","trakt_show-the-sky-at-night","trakt_season-2985","trakt_episode-2466"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.herdivineshadow.com\/journals\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/traktivity_event\/42639","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.herdivineshadow.com\/journals\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/traktivity_event"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.herdivineshadow.com\/journals\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/traktivity_event"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.herdivineshadow.com\/journals\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42639"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.herdivineshadow.com\/journals\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42639"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"trakt_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.herdivineshadow.com\/journals\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/trakt_type?post=42639"},{"taxonomy":"trakt_genre","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.herdivineshadow.com\/journals\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/trakt_genre?post=42639"},{"taxonomy":"trakt_year","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.herdivineshadow.com\/journals\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/trakt_year?post=42639"},{"taxonomy":"trakt_show","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.herdivineshadow.com\/journals\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/trakt_show?post=42639"},{"taxonomy":"trakt_season","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.herdivineshadow.com\/journals\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/trakt_season?post=42639"},{"taxonomy":"trakt_episode","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.herdivineshadow.com\/journals\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/trakt_episode?post=42639"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}