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An Atlas V rocket launches with the Juno spacecraft payload from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on Friday, August 5, 2011. The Juno spacecraft will make a five-year, 400-million-mile voyage to Jupiter, orbit the planet, investigate its origin and evolution with eight instruments to probe its internal structure and gravity field, measure water and ammonia in its atmosphere, map its powerful magnetic field and observe its intense auroras. Photo Credit:...
Topics: What -- Atlas, What -- Jupiter, Where -- Kennedy Space Center (KSC), Where -- Florida
Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/nasahqphoto/6015221367
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An Atlas V rocket launches with the Juno spacecraft payload from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on Friday, August 5, 2011. The Juno spacecraft will make a five-year, 400-million-mile voyage to Jupiter, orbit the planet, investigate its origin and evolution with eight instruments to probe its internal structure and gravity field, measure water and ammonia in its atmosphere, map its powerful magnetic field and observe its intense auroras. Photo Credit:...
Topics: What -- Atlas, What -- Jupiter, Where -- Kennedy Space Center (KSC), Where -- Florida
Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/nasahqphoto/6012071553
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Aug 5, 2011
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An Atlas V rocket launches with the Juno spacecraft payload from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on Friday, August 5, 2011. The Juno spacecraft will make a five-year, 400-million-mile voyage to Jupiter, orbit the planet, investigate its origin and evolution with eight instruments to probe its internal structure and gravity field, measure water and ammonia in its atmosphere, map its powerful magnetic field and observe its intense auroras. Photo Credit:...
Topics: What -- Atlas, What -- Jupiter, Where -- Kennedy Space Center (KSC), Where -- Florida
Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/nasahqphoto/6012071825
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Aug 5, 2011
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An Atlas V rocket launches with the Juno spacecraft payload from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on Friday, August 5, 2011. The Juno spacecraft will make a five-year, 400-million-mile voyage to Jupiter, orbit the planet, investigate its origin and evolution with eight instruments to probe its internal structure and gravity field, measure water and ammonia in its atmosphere, map its powerful magnetic field and observe its intense auroras. Photo Credit:...
Topics: What -- Atlas, What -- Jupiter, Where -- Kennedy Space Center (KSC), Where -- Florida
Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/nasahqphoto/6012617390
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Aug 5, 2011
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An Atlas V rocket launches with the Juno spacecraft payload from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on Friday, August 5, 2011. The Juno spacecraft will make a five-year, 400-million-mile voyage to Jupiter, orbit the planet, investigate its origin and evolution with eight instruments to probe its internal structure and gravity field, measure water and ammonia in its atmosphere, map its powerful magnetic field and observe its intense auroras. Photo Credit:...
Topics: What -- Atlas, What -- Jupiter, Where -- Kennedy Space Center (KSC), Where -- Florida
Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/nasahqphoto/6012171182
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Aug 5, 2011
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An Atlas V rocket launches with the Juno spacecraft payload from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on Friday, August 5, 2011. The Juno spacecraft will make a five-year, 400-million-mile voyage to Jupiter, orbit the planet, investigate its origin and evolution with eight instruments to probe its internal structure and gravity field, measure water and ammonia in its atmosphere, map its powerful magnetic field and observe its intense auroras. Photo Credit:...
Topics: What -- Atlas, What -- Jupiter, Where -- Kennedy Space Center (KSC), Where -- Florida
Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/nasahqphoto/6012617688
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Aug 5, 2011
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An Atlas V rocket launches with the Juno spacecraft payload from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on Friday, August 5, 2011. The Juno spacecraft will make a five-year, 400-million-mile voyage to Jupiter, orbit the planet, investigate its origin and evolution with eight instruments to probe its internal structure and gravity field, measure water and ammonia in its atmosphere, map its powerful magnetic field and observe its intense auroras. Photo Credit:...
Topics: What -- Atlas, What -- Jupiter, Where -- Kennedy Space Center (KSC), Where -- Florida
Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/nasahqphoto/6011648721
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An Atlas V rocket launches with the Juno spacecraft payload from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on Friday, August 5, 2011. The Juno spacecraft will make a five-year, 400-million-mile voyage to Jupiter, orbit the planet, investigate its origin and evolution with eight instruments to probe its internal structure and gravity field, measure water and ammonia in its atmosphere, map its powerful magnetic field and observe its intense auroras. Photo Credit:...
Topics: What -- Atlas, What -- Jupiter, Where -- Kennedy Space Center (KSC), Where -- Florida
Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/nasahqphoto/6012071287
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Aug 4, 2011
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Aug 4, 2011
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An Atlas V rocket with NASA's Juno spacecraft payload is seen the evening before it's planned launch at Space Launch Complex 41 of the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on Thursday, August 4, 2011. The Juno spacecraft will make a five-year, 400-million-mile voyage to Jupiter, orbit the planet, investigate its origin and evolution with eight instruments to probe its internal structure and gravity field, measure water and ammonia in its atmosphere, map its powerful magnetic field and...
Topics: What -- Atlas, What -- Jupiter, Where -- Kennedy Space Center (KSC), Where -- Florida
Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/nasahqphoto/6010398272
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Aug 4, 2011
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An Atlas V rocket with NASA's Juno spacecraft payload is seen the evening before it's planned launch at Space Launch Complex 41 of the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on Thursday, August 4, 2011. The Juno spacecraft will make a five-year, 400-million-mile voyage to Jupiter, orbit the planet, investigate its origin and evolution with eight instruments to probe its internal structure and gravity field, measure water and ammonia in its atmosphere, map its powerful magnetic field and...
Topics: What -- Atlas, What -- Jupiter, Where -- Kennedy Space Center (KSC), Where -- Florida
Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/nasahqphoto/6010857134
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Aug 4, 2011
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An Atlas V rocket with NASA's Juno spacecraft payload is seen the evening before it's planned launch at Space Launch Complex 41 of the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on Thursday, August 4, 2011. The Juno spacecraft will make a five-year, 400-million-mile voyage to Jupiter, orbit the planet, investigate its origin and evolution with eight instruments to probe its internal structure and gravity field, measure water and ammonia in its atmosphere, map its powerful magnetic field and...
Topics: What -- Atlas, What -- Jupiter, Where -- Kennedy Space Center (KSC), Where -- Florida
Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/nasahqphoto/6010399186
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Aug 3, 2011
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Aug 3, 2011
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This animation shows how Jupiter will appear to the camera onboard NASA's Juno mission, called JunoCam, as the spacecraft goes through an orbit.
Topic: What -- Jupiter
Source: http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.m4v/www.jpl.nasa.gov/videos/jupiter/20110803/juno20110803-1280-i.m4v
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Aug 1, 2011
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Aug 1, 2011
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Windy Saturn and Jupiter, Juno mission launch.
Topics: What -- Saturn, What -- Jupiter
Source: http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.m4v/www.jpl.nasa.gov/videos/whatsup/20110801/whatsup20110801-1280-i.m4v
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Jul 27, 2011
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Jul 27, 2011
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NASA's Juno mission at Jupiter - unlocking the secrets of the solar system.
Topic: What -- Jupiter
Source: http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.m4v/www.jpl.nasa.gov/videos/jupiter/20110727/juno20110727-1280-i.m4v
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May 5, 2011
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May 5, 2011
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NASA Administrator Charles Bolden, left, listens to Juno program manager for Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company Tim Gasparrini as they view the Jupiter-bound Juno spacecraft on Thursday, May 5, 2011 at the Astrotech payload processing facility in Titusville, Fla., The solar-powered Juno spacecraft will orbit Jupiter's poles to find out more about the gas giant's origins, structure, atmosphere and magnetosphere. Launch is scheduled for Aug. 5, 2011. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Topics: Who -- Charles Bolden, What -- Jupiter
Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/nasahqphoto/5691418886
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Mar 31, 2011
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Mar 31, 2011
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These images, taken with the LEISA infrared camera on the New Horizons Ralph instrument, show fine details in Jupiter's turbulent atmosphere using light that can only be seen using infrared sensors. These are "false color" pictures made by assigning infrared wavelengths to the colors red, green and blue. LEISA (Linear Etalon Imaging Spectral Array) takes images across 250 IR wavelengths in the range from 1.25 to 2.5 microns, allowing scientists to obtain an infrared spectrum at every...
Topics: Solar System Exploration, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Planets, What -- LEISA, What -- New Horizons,...
Source: http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/display.cfm?IM_ID=4843
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Mar 7, 2011
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Mar 7, 2011
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NASA's fully assembled Juno spacecraft is currently undergoing testing at Lockheed Martin Space Systems near Denver. Technicians are inspecting some of the spacecraft's components. All three solar array wings can be seen installed and stowed, and the spacecraft's large high-gain antenna in place on top. Juno is scheduled to ship from Lockheed Martin's facility to Kennedy Space Center in April, where it will undergo final preparations for launch in August 2011. The solar-powered spacecraft will...
Topics: What -- Jupiter, Where -- Denver, Where -- Kennedy Space Center (KSC)
Source: http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/524400main_juno030711-43_full.jpg
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Mar 1, 2011
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Mar 1, 2011
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On February 28, 2007, NASA's New Horizons spacecraft made its closest approach to Jupiter on its ultimate journey to Pluto. This flyby gave scientists a unique opportunity to study Jupiter using the package of instruments available on New Horizons, while coordinating observations from both space- and ground-based telescopes including NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory. In preparation for New Horizon's approach of Jupiter, Chandra took 5-hour exposures of Jupiter on February 8, 10, and 24th. In...
Topics: Solar System Exploration, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Planets, What -- New Horizons, What --...
Source: http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/display.cfm?IM_ID=4823
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Feb 27, 2011
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Feb 27, 2011
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The first images returned to Earth by New Horizons during its close encounter with Jupiter feature the Galilean moon Io, snapped with the Long Range Reconnaissance Imager (LORRI) at 0840 UTC on February 26, while the moon was 2.5 million miles (4 million kilometers) from the spacecraft. Io is intensely heated by its tidal interaction with Jupiter and is thus extremely volcanically active. That activity is evident in these images, which reveal an enormous dust plume, more than 150 miles high,...
Topics: Solar System Exploration, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Planets, What -- Earth, What -- New Horizons,...
Source: http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/display.cfm?IM_ID=5143
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Feb 25, 2011
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Feb 25, 2011
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The New Horizons Long Range Reconnaissance Imager (LORRI) snapped this photo of Jupiter's ring system on February 24, 2007, from a distance of 7.1 million kilometers (4.4 million miles). This processed image shows a narrow ring, about 1,000 kilometers (600 miles) wide, with a fainter sheet of material inside it. The faint glow extending in from the ring is likely caused by fine dust that diffuses in toward Jupiter. This is the outer tip of the "halo," a cloud of dust that extends down...
Topics: Solar System Exploration, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Planets, What -- New Horizons, What -- Long...
Source: http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/display.cfm?IM_ID=5063
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Jan 31, 2011
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Jan 31, 2011
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This month see Jupiter at sunset, Saturn at midnight, pretty moon and planet couples in-between. Plus find a comet, and an asteroid in your telescope. Also features the Valentines day flyby of comet Temple 1 by the Stardust NExT spacecraft.
Topics: What -- Jupiter, What -- Saturn, What -- Moon, What -- Stardust
Source: http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.m4v/www.jpl.nasa.gov/videos/whatsup/20110101/whatsup20110201-1280-i.m4v
This is a printable version of space shuttle Atlantis' orbiter tribute, or OV-104, which hangs in Firing Room 4 of the Launch Control Center at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. In the lower-left corner, it features Atlantis soaring above Earth and threaded through the design are the mission patches for each of Atlantis' flights. Atlantis' accomplishments include seven missions to the Russian space station Mir and several assembly, construction and resupply missions to the International...
Topics: What -- Space Shuttle Orbiter, What -- Galileo, What -- Challenger, What -- Columbia, Where --...
Source: http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/488843main_2atlantis_full_full.jpg
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Sep 9, 2010
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Sep 9, 2010
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It's a bird! It's a plane! Nope, it's an asteroid tracking its way across the sky with a beautiful spiral galaxy in the background. In the center of this new mosaic image captured by NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) is the galaxy Messier 74, with its spiral arms seen face-on. The bright reddish object moving across the lower right part of the image is the much closer asteroid 3540 Protesilaos, seen at different points in its orbit around the sun. WISE observed and detected this...
Topics: What -- Explorer, What -- WISE, What -- Sun, What -- Visible Light, What -- Earth, What -- Jupiter,...
Source: http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/480880main_PIA13376-full_full.jpg
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May 27, 2010
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May 27, 2010
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JupiterComposite_labeled Composite infrared image of Jupiter from SOFIA's first light flight at wavelengths of 5.4 (blue), 24 (green) and 37 microns (red), made by Cornell University's FORCAST camera during the SOFIA observatory's 'first light' flight. A recent visual-wavelength picture of approximately the same side of Jupiter is shown for comparison. The white stripe in the infrared image is a region of relatively transparent clouds through which the warm interior of Jupiter can be seen. May...
Topics: What -- Jupiter, What -- SOFIA
Source: http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/458811main_JupiterComposite_labeled_full_full.jpg
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May 27, 2010
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May 27, 2010
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JupiterComposite_unlabeled Composite infrared image of Jupiter from SOFIA's first light flight at wavelengths of 5.4 (blue), 24 (green) and 37 microns (red), made by Cornell University's FORCAST camera during the SOFIA observatory's 'first light' flight. A recent visual-wavelength picture of approximately the same side of Jupiter is shown for comparison. The white stripe in the infrared image is a region of relatively transparent clouds through which the warm interior of Jupiter can be seen....
Topics: What -- Jupiter, What -- SOFIA
Source: http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/458799main_JupiterComposite_unlabeled_full_full.jpg
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Feb 4, 2010
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Feb 4, 2010
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This month we celebrate the 400th anniversary of Galileo's first telescopic view of Jupiter and its 4 largest moons.
Topic: What -- Jupiter
Source: http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.m4v/www.jpl.nasa.gov/videos/whatsup/whatsup20100204/whatsup20100204-1280-i.m4v
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Feb 3, 2010
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Feb 3, 2010
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Everyone who aims a modest telescope, or even binoculars, at Jupiter will see the same view that Galileo did 400 years ago.
Topics: What -- Jupiter, What -- Galileo
Source: http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/whatsup-view.cfm?WUID=304
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Jan 20, 2010
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Jan 20, 2010
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With its suite of science instruments, Juno will investigate the existence of a solid planetary core, map Jupiter's intense magnetic field, measure the amount of water and ammonia in the deep atmosphere, and observe the planet's auroras. Junoâs principal goal is to understand the origin and evolution of Jupiter. Underneath its dense cloud cover, Jupiter safeguards secrets to the fundamental processes and conditions that governed our solar system during its formation. As our primary example of...
Topic: What -- Jupiter
Source: http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/image_feature_1568.html
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Jan 8, 2010
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Jan 8, 2010
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On Jan. 7, 1610, Galileo Galilei's improvements to the telescope enabled humanity to see Jupiter's four largest moons for the first time. Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto--the so-called Galilean satellites--were seen by the Long Range Reconnaissance Imager on the New Horizons spacecraft during its flyby of Jupiter in late February 2007. The images have been scaled to represent the true relative sizes of the four moons and are arranged in their order from Jupiter. Io is notable for its active...
Topics: What -- Galileo, What -- Io, What -- Europa, What -- Ganymede, What -- Callisto, What -- Long Range...
Source: http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/image_feature_1560.html
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Dec 8, 2009
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Dec 8, 2009
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During its mission, the Galileo spacecraft returned a number of images of Earth's only natural satellite. Galileo surveyed the moon on Dec. 7, 1992, on its way to explore the Jupiter system in 1995-1997. This color mosaic was assembled from 18 images taken by Galileo's imaging system through a green filter. On the upperleft is the dark, lava-filled Mare Imbrium, Mare Serenitatis (middle left), Mare Tranquillitatis (lower left), and Mare Crisium, the dark circular feature toward the bottom of...
Topics: What -- Galileo, What -- Moon, What -- Jupiter
Source: http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/image_feature_1538.html
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Oct 16, 2009
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Oct 16, 2009
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This month you can see the Andromeda Galaxy, the Milky Way and Jupiter. And for Halloween a late night orange treat, Mars!
Topics: What -- Andromeda, What -- Jupiter, What -- Mars
Source: http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.m4v/www.jpl.nasa.gov/videos/whatsup/whatsup20091016/whatsup20091016-1280-i.m4v
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Oct 1, 2009
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Oct 1, 2009
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This month you can see the Andromeda Galaxy, the Milky Way and Jupiter. And for Halloween a late night orange treat, Mars!
Topics: What -- Andromeda, What -- Jupiter, What -- Mars
Source: http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/whatsup-view.cfm?WUID=224
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Sep 21, 2009
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Sep 21, 2009
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This visualization shows a simple simulated flow field representation of Jupiter's Great Red Spot. The flow field is static (i.e., the wind directions don't change over time). This visualization was created in support of the Science on a Sphere film called "Largest" which is about Jupiter. These frames were rendered "flat" and are intended to be duplicated several times around the sphere. Note: Great Red Spot wind flow field simulation. Animator: Greg Shirah (NASA/GSFC), Tom...
Topics: Jupiter, Storm, Science On a Sphere, Planets, What -- Jupiter, Where -- Victoria
Source: http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/goto?3520
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Sep 21, 2009
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Sep 21, 2009
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This animation illustrates the difference in the rotational period between the Earth and Jupiter. Earth rotates once in 24 hours; whereas, Jupiter rotates more quickly, taking only about 10 hours. This means that Jupiter rotates about 2 1/2 times faster than the Earth. However, Jupiter is about 11 times bigger than the Earth, so matter near the outer 'surface' of Jupiter is travelling much faster (about 30 times faster) than matter at the outer 'surface' of Earth.This visualization was created...
Topics: Comparison, Earth, Jupiter, Science On a Sphere, Planets, What -- Earth, What -- Jupiter, What --...
Source: http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/goto?3609
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Sep 21, 2009
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Sep 21, 2009
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This visualization starts showing the orbits of Jupiter's inner moons (Europa, Io, Ganymede, Callisto, Amalthea, Thebe, Adrastea, and Metis). As the orbits procede we begin to zero in on Europa. Other moons and orbits fade away as we push in to Europa filling the screen.This visualization was created in support of the Science on a Sphere film called "Largest" which is about Jupiter. Mulitple layer offset 120 degrees from each other are intended to overlay the orbits. A Europa label is...
Topics: Earth, Jupiter, Moon, Orbit, Science On a Sphere, Planets, What -- Europa, What -- Io, What --...
Source: http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/goto?3617
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Sep 14, 2009
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Sep 14, 2009
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Displayed as a proper sphere, Jupiter shines like a jewel in the night, a giant pillar of color and power that towers above everything in solar system besides the sun itself.
Topics: What -- Jupiter, What -- Sun
Source: http://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/multimedia/largest/Jupiter_sphere.jpg.html
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Sep 8, 2009
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Sep 8, 2009
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This month we're showcasing the planet Jupiter, and we'll be telling you about Juno -- a mission to Jupiter that launches in 2011.
Topic: What -- Jupiter
Source: http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.m4v/www.jpl.nasa.gov/videos/whatsup/whatsup20090903/whatsup20090903-1280-i.m4v
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Sep 2, 2009
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Sep 2, 2009
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This map of the planet unwrapped displays the end result of careful data assimilation and image construction from NASA researchers.
Topic: What -- Jupiter
Source: http://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/multimedia/largest/Jupiter_unwrapped.jpg.html
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Sep 2, 2009
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Sep 2, 2009
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Metaphorically speaking, Jupiter is the Mt. Kilimanjaro to the great plains of our solar system.
Topic: What -- Jupiter
Source: http://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/multimedia/largest/Serengeti_jupiter.jpg.html
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Jun 26, 2009
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Jun 26, 2009
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This montage of images taken by the Voyager spacecraft of the planets and four of Jupiter's moons is set against a false-color Rosette Nebula with Earth's moon in the foreground. Studying and mapping Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and many of their moons, Voyager provided scientists with better images and data than they had ever had before or expected from the program. Although launched sixteen days after Voyager 2, Voyager 1's trajectory was a faster path, arriving at Jupiter in March 1979....
Topics: Planetary Astronomy, Voyager-Galileo, What -- Voyager 1, What -- Moon, What -- Jupiter, What --...
Source: http://grin.hq.nasa.gov/ABSTRACTS/GPN-2003-000006.html
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Apr 2, 2009
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Apr 2, 2009
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In 19 years of observations, the Hubble Space Telescope has amassed a huge archive of data--an archive that may contain the telltale glow of undiscovered extrasolar planets. Such is the case with HR 8799b, shown in this artist's concept. The planet is one of three extrasolar planets orbiting the young star HR 8799, which lies 130 light-years away. The planetary trio was originally discovered in images taken with the Keck and Gemini North telescopes in 2007 and 2008. But using a new image...
Topics: Hubble Finds Hidden Exoplanet in Archival Data, What -- Hubble Space Telescope (HST), What --...
Source: http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/image_feature_1320.html
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Feb 18, 2009
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Feb 18, 2009
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Can there be life elsewhere? A proposed mission to Jupiter's icy moons would explore Europa and Ganymede.
Topics: What -- Europa, What -- Ganymede, What -- Jupiter
Source: http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.m4v/www.jpl.nasa.gov/videos/europa/europa20090218/europa20090218-1280-i.m4v
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Aug 8, 2008
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Aug 8, 2008
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Jupiter reigns the night sky this month. Find out where to look and what you'll see through a telescope.
Topic: What -- Jupiter
Source: http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/whatsup-view.cfm?WUID=86
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Jun 12, 2008
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Jun 12, 2008
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Phoebe's true nature is revealed in startling clarity in this mosaic of two images taken during Cassini's flyby on June 11, 2004. The image shows evidence for the emerging view that Phoebe may be an ice-rich body coated with a thin layer of dark material. Small bright craters in the image are probably fairly young features. This phenomenon has been observed on other icy satellites, such as Ganymede at Jupiter. When impactors slammed into the surface of Phoebe, the collisions excavated fresh,...
Topics: Solar System Exploration, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Planets, What -- Ganymede, What -- Jupiter,...
Source: http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/display.cfm?IM_ID=3823
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Jun 20, 2007
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*Credits for Vesta:* NASA [ http://www.nasa.gov/ ]; ESA [ http://www.spacetelescope.org/ ]; L. McFadden and J.Y. Li (University of Maryland, College Park); M. Mutchler and Z. Levay (Space Telescope Science Institute [ http://www.stsci.edu/ ], Baltimore); P. Thomas (Cornell University); J. Parker and E.F. Young (Southwest Research Institute); and C.T. Russell and B. Schmidt (University of California, Los Angeles) *Credits for Ceres:* NASA [ http://www.nasa.gov/ ]; ESA [ http://www.spacetelescope.org/ ]; J. Parker (Southwest Research Institute); P. Thomas (Cornell University); L. McFadden (University of Maryland, College Park); and M. Mutchler and Z. Levay (Space Telescope Science Institute [ http://www.stsci.edu/ ])
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*Description*: These Hubble Space Telescope images of Vesta and Ceres show two of the most massive asteroids in the asteroid belt, a region between Mars and Jupiter. The images are helping astronomers plan for the Dawn spacecraft's tour of these hefty asteroids. On July 7, NASA is scheduled to launch the spacecraft on a four-year journey to the asteroid belt. Once there, Dawn will do some asteroid-hopping, going into orbit around Vesta in 2011 and Ceres in 2015. Dawn will be the first...
Topics: Vesta, Ceres, 1 Ceres, 4 Vesta, What -- Hubble Space Telescope (HST), What -- Vesta, What -- Mars,...
Source: http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2007/27/image/a/
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Jun 7, 2007
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Jun 7, 2007
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NASA
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Jupiter and Venus put on a spectacular show this month. Our two-minute night sky video guide tells you where to look.
Topics: What -- Jupiter, What -- Venus
Source: http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/whatsup-view.cfm?WUID=41
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Mar 1, 2007
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Mar 1, 2007
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*Credit:* NASA [ http://www.nasa.gov/ ], ESA [ http://www.spacetelescope.org/ ], and the Hubble Heritage [ http://heritage.stsci.edu/ ] Team (AURA [ http://www.aura-astronomy.org/ ]/STScI [ http://www.stsci.edu/ ])
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*Description*: NASA's Hubble Space Telescope took this true-color view of Jupiter in support of the New Horizons Mission. The image was taken with Hubble's Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 on February 17, 2007, using the planetary camera detector. Jupiter's trademark belts and zones of high- and low-pressure regions appear in crisp detail. Circular convection cells can be seen at high northern and southern latitudes. Atmospheric features as small as 250 miles (400 km) across can be discerned....
Topics: Jupiter, What -- Hubble Space Telescope (HST), What -- Jupiter, What -- New Horizons, What -- Wide...
Source: http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2007/11/image/e/
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Feb 12, 2007
02/07
Feb 12, 2007
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NASA/JPL-Caltech/K. Su (Univ. of Ariz.)
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This infrared image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope shows the Helix nebula, a cosmic starlet often photographed by amateur astronomers for its vivid colors and eerie resemblance to a giant eye. The nebula, located about 700 light-years away in the constellation Aquarius, belongs to a class of objects called planetary nebulae. Discovered in the 18th century, these colorful beauties were named for their resemblance to gas-giant planets like Jupiter. Planetary nebulae are the remains of stars...
Topics: What -- Infrared Array Camera (IRAC), What -- Spitzer Space Telescope, What -- Constellation, What...
Source: http://sscws1.ipac.caltech.edu/Imagegallery/image.php?image_name=ssc2007-03a
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Aug 8, 2006
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Aug 8, 2006
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*Credit:* NASA [ http://www.nasa.gov/ ], ESA [ http://www.spacetelescope.org/ ], and G. Bacon (STScI [ http://www.stsci.edu/ ])
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*Description*: This is an artist's concept of a gas giant planet orbiting a red dwarf K star (system name OGLE-2003-BLG-235L/MOA-2003-BLG-53L). The planet has not been directly imaged, but its presence was detected in 2003 microlensing observations of a field star in our galaxy. Gravitational microlensing happens when a foreground star amplifies the light of a background star that momentarily aligns with it. Follow-up observations by Hubble Space Telescope in 2005 separated the light of the...
Topics: What -- Hubble Space Telescope (HST), What -- Jupiter, What -- Moon, What -- Constellation, What --...
Source: http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2006/38/image/a/
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May 15, 2006
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May 15, 2006
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Encounters with Jupiter's moon Europa by the Voyager and Galileo spacecraft indicated that a liquid salty ocean might exist below a layer of surface ice that is up to 10 kilometers thick. An ocean general circulation model developed to study the earth's oceans was used to investigate the tidally-forced ocean circulations on Europa. The orbit of Europa is 'gravity locked' so that the same side of Europa always faces Jupiter as is the case with the earth's moon. The icy surface of Europa heaves...
Topics: What -- Moon, What -- Europa, What -- Voyager, What -- Galileo, What -- Jupiter, What -- Sun
Source: http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/goto?2946
