This mission will conduct an in-depth study of the giant gas planet Jupiter. A spacecraft will enter polar orbit around the planet to investigate the existence of an ice-rock core; determine the amount of global water and ammonia present in the atmosphere; study convection and deep wind profiles in the atmosphere; investigate the origin of the jovian magnetic field; and explore the polar magnetosphere.
Launch: August 2011
NASA Prepares for New Juno Mission to Jupiter (11/24/08)
Hot Cyclones Churn at Both Ends of Saturn (1/3/08)
First Contact: Sputnik (10/2/07)
NASA Selects New Frontiers Mission Concept Study (6/1/05)
A Texas-Sized Space Rock (1/7/02)
