JEDI onboard Juno probe

NASA's Juno spacecraft, set to arrive at Jupiter in 2016, carries three APL-built Jupiter Energetic-particle Detector Instrument (JEDI) units. Each unit weighs 15.5 pounds and uses 7 watts of power. For scale, the box that contains electronics and the sensor is approximately 9-by-5-by-5 inches; the circular "hockey puck" detector itself is 4 inches across and 1.7 inches tall.Other than the three

Atlas V rocket launched Juno into space and on its way to Jupiter

"Juno probe heads for Jupiter from Cape Canaveral"August 5th, 2011BBC NEWSA $1.1bn (£0.7bn) unmanned space mission has launched from Florida on a journey to the planet Jupiter.The Juno spacecraft will cruise beyond Mars to put itself in orbit around the gas giant in 2016.It is the first solar-powered mission to venture this far from the Sun.The mission launched atop an Atlas 5 rocket from the

Juno ready to launch...off to Jupiter

This is what NASA does best."NASA probe poised for launch to Jupiter"byIrene KlotzJuly 28th 2011ReutersA NASA satellite was hoisted aboard an unmanned Atlas 5 rocket at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Wednesday in preparation for launch next week on an unprecedented mission to the heart of Jupiter.The robotic probe called Juno is scheduled to spend one year cycling inside Jupiter's deadly