Juno

The Juno mission is the first competed mission selected for NASA's New Frontiers Program. It is currently in development and will launch in 2011. Juno will conduct a first-time, in-depth study of the giant planet. This mission will place a spacecraft in a polar orbit around Jupiter 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.

Links

• Main NASA Juno website
• Juno outreach website

People

Steven Levin Astronomical Instrumentation Juno Project Scientist Read More >>		Eric de Jong Geophysics & Planetary Geosciences Read More >>
Samuel Gulkis Astrophysics & Space Science Read More >>		Candice Hansen Planetary Ices Read More >>
Michael Janssen Astronomical Instrumentation Read More >>		Neil Murphy Space and Astrophysical Plasmas Group Supervisor Read More >>
Glenn Orton Earth and Planetary Atmospheres Read More >>		Edward Smith Space and Astrophysical Plasmas Read More >>