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NASA Sets Launch Coverage Events For Mission To Jupiter
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA's Juno spacecraft is set to launch toward Jupiter aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket on Aug. 5. The launch window extends from 11:34 a.m. to 12:33 p.m. EDT [15:34 - 16:33 UTC], and the launch period extends through Aug. 26.
The spacecraft is expected to arrive at Jupiter in 2016 on a mission to investigate the gas giant's origins, structure, atmosphere and magnetosphere. Juno's color camera will provide close-up images of Jupiter, including the first detailed views of the planet's poles.
NASA will host a prelaunch news conference in the News Center at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Wednesday, Aug. 3, at 1 p.m. EDT [17:00 UTC]. Conference participants are:
A Juno mission science briefing will follow the prelaunch news conference. Briefing participants are:
A news conference will be held at the Kennedy News Center approximately 2.5 hours after launch, and a news release will be issued as soon as Juno's condition is determined. Spokespersons will be available for interviews.
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July 26, 2011
MEDIA ADVISORY : M11-156NASA Sets Launch Coverage Events For Mission To Jupiter
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA's Juno spacecraft is set to launch toward Jupiter aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket on Aug. 5. The launch window extends from 11:34 a.m. to 12:33 p.m. EDT [15:34 - 16:33 UTC], and the launch period extends through Aug. 26.
The spacecraft is expected to arrive at Jupiter in 2016 on a mission to investigate the gas giant's origins, structure, atmosphere and magnetosphere. Juno's color camera will provide close-up images of Jupiter, including the first detailed views of the planet's poles.
NASA will host a prelaunch news conference in the News Center at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Wednesday, Aug. 3, at 1 p.m. EDT [17:00 UTC]. Conference participants are:
- Colleen Hartman, assistant associate administrator, Science Mission Directorate
NASA Headquarters, Washington - Omar Baez, NASA launch director at Kennedy
- Vernon Thorp, program manager, NASA Missions, United Launch Alliance, Denver
- Jan Chodas, Juno project manager, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif.
- Tim Gasparini, Juno program manager, Lockheed Martin Space Systems, Denver
- Clay Flinn, Atlas V launch weather officer, 45th Weather Squadron, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla.
A Juno mission science briefing will follow the prelaunch news conference. Briefing participants are:
- Scott Bolton, Juno principal investigator, Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio
- Toby Owen, Juno co-investigator, University of Hawaii
- Jack Connerney, Juno Instrument lead, NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md.
- Andy Ingersol, Juno co-investigator, Cal Tech, Pasadena
- Fran Bagenai, Juno co-investigator, University of Colorado, Boulder
- Candy Hansen, Juno co-investigator, Planetary Science Institute, Tucson
A news conference will be held at the Kennedy News Center approximately 2.5 hours after launch, and a news release will be issued as soon as Juno's condition is determined. Spokespersons will be available for interviews.
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