Galaxies Astronomy Club
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We keep our star talk down to earth! Beginning stargazers, professional astronomers, armchair astronauts and the cosmologically curious are all invited to join us. Galaxies Astronomy Club was founded in 1994.
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Juno Beams Back Images Of Jupiter's Poles The Planets + Pluto!
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10/20/16
Juno Hobbled but Healthy After Glitch, NASA Says
Hours before a close flyby of Jupiter on Wednesday, NASA 's Juno spacecraft experienced a malfunction that scrambled plans for peering deep into the planet. At 1:47 a.m. Eastern, the spacecraft put itself into "safe mode" and restarted its computer. Juno's instruments shut down, scuttling observations that were to take place as it passed 3,000 miles above Jupiter's clouds.
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10/22/16
NASA's Juno probe napped through its latest Jupiter flyby
Even though it wasn't able to gather data this time around, the information it beamed back from its August 27th flyby continues to keep its ground team busy. For instance, thanks to the info gathered by Juno's Microwave Radiometer instrument (MWR), they discovered that Jupiter's bands aren't just skin-deep.
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10/27/16
NASA's Juno Mission Exits Safe Mode, Performs Trim Maneuver
NASA's Juno spacecraft at Jupiter has left safe mode and has successfully completed a minor burn of its thruster engines in preparation for its next close flyby of Jupiter.
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