NASA's Juno spacecraft is set to launch toward Jupiter aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket on Aug. 5. The launch window extends from 11:34 a.m. to 12:33 p.m. EDT (8:34 to 9:33 a.m. PDT), and the launch period extends through Aug. 26.
The spacecraft is expected to arrive at Jupiter in 2016, on a mission to investigate the gas giant's origins, structure, atmosphere and magnetosphere. Juno's color camera will provide close-up images of Jupiter, including the first detailed views of the planets' poles.
NASA will host a prelaunch news conference in the News Center at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Wednesday, Aug. 3, at 1 p.m. EDT (10 a.m. PDT). Conference participants are:
- Colleen Hartman, assistant associate administrator, Science Mission Directorate NASA Headquarters, Washington
- Omar Baez, NASA launch director at Kennedy Space Center
- Vernon Thorp, program manager, NASA Missions United Launch Alliance, Denver
- Jan Chodas, Juno project manager Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif.
- Tim Gasparini, Juno program manager Lockheed Martin Space Systems, Denver
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The spacecraft is expected to arrive at Jupiter in 2016, on a mission to investigate the gas giant's origins, structure, atmosphere and magnetosphere. Juno's color camera will provide close-up images of Jupiter, including the first detailed views of the planets' poles.
NASA will host a prelaunch news conference in the News Center at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Wednesday, Aug. 3, at 1 p.m. EDT (10 a.m. PDT). Conference participants are:
- Colleen Hartman, assistant associate administrator, Science Mission Directorate NASA Headquarters, Washington
- Omar Baez, NASA launch director at Kennedy Space Center
- Vernon Thorp, program manager, NASA Missions United Launch Alliance, Denver
- Jan Chodas, Juno project manager Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif.
- Tim Gasparini, Juno program manager Lockheed Martin Space Systems, Denver
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