The Juno gravity experiment, among the nine instruments onboard the spacecraft, is aimed at studying the interior structure of Jupiter to gain insight into its formation. Doppler data collected during the first two gravity dedicated orbits completed by Juno around the gas giant have already ...
The main goal is to "see if we can bring this back from space into the atmosphere without breaking up or disintegrating," Lars Hoffman, Rocket Lab's senior vice president of global launch services, said during a panel discussion yesterday (Nov. 6) at the U.S. Air Force's first Space ...
"The range of altitudes over which asteroids deposit their kinetic energy—the energy of their motion—determines how dangerous the shock waves are that can cause damage on the ground," says Eric Stern, a research scientist at Ames who is the entry modeling lead for the program. "The light ...
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