Lang 1/14/22 Legendary University of Iowa space physicist Donald Gurnett has died at 81. Gurnett, a pioneering space scientist whose career as a student,
NASA says Jupiter exploration will now go until 2025
This enhanced-color image from NASA’s Juno spacecraft, taken April 10, 2020, captures the cloud bands of Jupiter’s southern latitudes. Jupiter is not only the largest planet in the solar system, it also rotates at the fastest rate, completing a full day in just 10 hours. This rapid spinning creates strong jet streams, separating Jupiter’s clouds into bright zones and dark belts that wrap around the planet. (Photo from NASA)
University of Iowa research scientist William “Bill” Kurth appears in 2016 with a replica of Juno and the University of Iowa Waves instrument. (Justin Torner/University of Iowa)
On-board instrument designed and built at Iowa has yielded numerous discoveries about Jupiter
The U.S. space agency NASA announced this week it will extend the Juno mission to Jupiter and its moons through September 2025, or until the spacecraft’s end of life. Along for the ride has been a radio- and plasma-wave instrument designed and built at Iowa. Photo courtesy of NASA/JPL-Caltech.
By: Richard C. Lewis | 2021.01.14 | 12:09 pm
The University of Iowa will have several more years to study the largest planet in our solar system.
The U.S. space agency NASA announced this week it will extend the Juno mission to Jupiter and its moons through September 2025, or until the spacecraft’s end of life. Launched in 2011, the Juno spacecraft arrived at Jupiter on July 4, 2016, with a planned mission completion in July 2021.