3. Planetary Spacecraft Missions (10 pts) lnsty nded pary spacecraft missions: M

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3. Planetary Spacecraft Missions (10 pts) lnsty nded pary spacecraft missions: Mercury MESSENGER, LADEE, Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, Venus Express, Venus Climate Orbiter, Mars Orbiter, Mars Science Lander (Curiosity), JUNO, Cassini, New Horizons, Dawn, Epoxi, Rosetta, OSIRIS-Rex, or MAVEN. Exploration Rover Opportunity, Mars Identify an official website for the mission (usually there are two -a NASA or ESA or JAXA site, and a separate external site), and use the information you find there to answer the following f. (0) What URL did you use? What planetary object(s) is the mission targeting? objects, if any, did the spacecraft fly by on its way to its destination? officially stated somewhere on the website. Sometimes you have to dig a bit.) (4) What are the names of two science instruments onboard the spacecraft? What do they g. (3) W hen did the mission launch, and how long did/will it take to arrive at its destination? Which h. (3) What are three science or measurement objectives for the mission? (Note: These are usually i. measure?

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3. i picked a currently active planetary spacecraft mission JUNO.

JUNO is a NASA space probe orbiting the planet jupitar. it was built by Lockheed martin and operated by NASA's jet propulsion laboratory.

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elapsed :6 years 3 month 3 days

JUNO will now complete only 12 science orbit before the ends of its mission plan,ending july 2018.

h. three science or measurement objectives for the mission are-

it will also search for clues about how the planet formed,including whether it has a rocky core,amount of water present in the atmosphere,mass distribution.

i. two science instruments onboard the spacecraft are-

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