Jubilation in L.A. by arrival of NASA Jupiter probe – Telemundo 52

ANGELS (California) – Towering over the poles of Jupiter probe NASA came to the solar system’s largest planet mission spy what lies beneath the clouds.

the last leg of a five-year voyage ended Monday when the Juno probe, powered by solar energy it fired its main rocket and entered elegantly into orbit around Jupiter. The mission controllers burst of joy when receiving radio signals confirming the arrival at destination.

“We’re here. We’re in orbit. Conquered Jupiter” said chief scientist of the mission, Scott Bolton, in a press conference.

for weeks Juno took pictures of the giant planet and the four inner moons They are dancing around. To the scientists’ surprise, the second largest, Callisto, was more subdued than expected.

No images of the crucial time of arrival because the camera and other instruments were turned off. Scientists have said they will close up images of the planet when Juno touch the clouds during the mission 20 months managed by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory of NASA at a cost of 1,100 million dollars.

Quinto from the sun and the solar system’s largest, Jupiter is a gas giant, a ball of hydrogen and helium, other than rocky planets like Earth and Mars.

with their hectic clouds and colored bands, Jupiter is probably the first thing after the sun formed. In its history there may be clues to understanding how evolved the Earth and the rest of the solar system.

Juno, which is named after the wife of the king of the gods in Roman mythology, is only the second mission orbiting the planet.

Galileo, launched in 1989, revolved around Jupiter for nearly a decade that gave splendid images of the planet and its moons. He discovered signs of an ocean beneath the frozen surface of Europa, considered a prime target in the search for extraterrestrial life.

The mission of Juno is to penetrate the atmosphere populated clouds and map the interior from the point of singularly look favorably at the poles. Maybe you can find out if there is water, if there is a solid core and why the aurora borealis and australis Jupiter are the brightest in the solar system.

“Juno wants to look under the surface,” Bolton said. “We want to see what’s inside, how it is constructed, how deep reach these structures, know their secrets.”

There is also the mystery of the Great Dark Spot red. Recent observations from the Hubble Space Telescope revealed that the monstrous storm that rages for centuries in the Jovian atmosphere is shrinking.

The journey to Jupiter, 2800 million kilometers in five years, is the longest section of a spacecraft powered by solar energy. Three huge solar wings extending from the probe as blades of a windmill generate 500 watts of power to feed its nine instruments.

Like Galileo, Juno will die in 2018 when he deliberately launched to Jupiter’s atmosphere and disintegrated, a necessary step to prevent accidental crashes in one of the potentially habitable moons sacrifice.

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