Jupiter Space Probes

These probes make jupiter the most visited of the solar.
Jupiter space probes. Spacecraft entered jupiter s atmosphere on sept. Io 7 callisto 8 ganymede 8 europa 11 amalthea 1. It entered the atmosphere of jupiter at 30 miles per second 46km per second the highest impact speed ever achieved by a man made object. Inside the probe s heat shield the scientific instruments were protected from extreme heat and pressure during its high speed journey into the jovian atmosphere entering at 47 8 kilometers pe.
Nasa s juno mission is exploring jupiter from orbit beaming back amazing photos atmospheric data and other observations about the largest planet in our solar system. Nasa launched the two voyager spacecraft to jupiter saturn uranus and neptune in the late summer of 1977. Juno will improve our understanding of the solar system s beginnings by revealing the origin and evolution of jupiter. Number of jupiter orbits during entire mission.
Number of flybys of jupiter moons. It began with the arrival of pioneer 10 into the jovian system in 1973 and as of 2016 has continued with eight further spacecraft missions. On july 4 2016 the juno probe is scheduled to reach jupiter and begin a campaign to get closer to the jovian giant than any other spacecraft in history. While jupiter has been known since ancient times the first detailed observations of this planet were made by galileo galilei in 1610 with a small telescope.
The galileo probe was an atmospheric entry probe carried by the main galileo spacecraft to jupiter where it directly entered a hot spot and returned data from the planet. Using data from the junocam imager on the spacecraft scientists and the general public alike are being treated. More recently this planet has been visited by passing spacecraft orbiters and probes. The juno probe launched aug.
Three from 1997 to 2003. Voyager 2 s closest approach was july 9 1979. Voyager 1 s closest approach to jupiter occurred march 5 1979. All of these missions were undertaken by the national aeronautics and space administration and all but two have been flybys that have taken detailed observations without the probe landing or entering orbit.
The latest images of jupiter captured by nasa space probe juno are simply stunning. Including juno there have been nine. The exploration of jupiter has been conducted via close observations by automated spacecraft. The 339 kilogram probe was built by hughes aircraft company at its el segundo california plant and measured about 1 3 meters across.