Juno Spacecraft To Orbit Jupiter Three More Years

The probe had experienced technical problems that kept it from completing the planned number of orbits of Jupiter.

By Paul FlahiveJune 6, 2018 9:30 amHealth & Science, Partner Organizations, Tech & Innovation, Texas Newsroom, Texas Public Radio

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Launched from Earth in 2011 is the Juno space craft sent to study Jupiter from an elliptical, polar orbit.

From Texas Public Radio:

NASA’s Juno spacecraft will orbit Jupiter an additional three years, according to mission leaders.

The billion dollar probe fell behind schedule as a result of technical problems that prevented scientists from speeding the spacecraft’s orbit as planned. Juno was supposed to be making an orbit every 14 days, but a valve problem kept NASA officials from firing the engines again, keeping the probe in its original 53 day orbit.

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