{"642958":{"#nid":"642958","#data":{"type":"news","title":"NASA Extends Exploration for Two Planetary Science Missions","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAs NASA prepares to send astronauts back to the Moon and on to Mars, the agency\u0026#39;s quest to seek answers about our solar system and beyond continues to inform those efforts and generate new discoveries. The agency has extended the missions of two spacecraft, Juno and Insight, following an external review of their scientific productivity.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EPaul Steffes, a professor emeritus in the Georgia Tech School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, is a member of the Juno Mission\u0026nbsp;team. Steffes has received measurements from Juno\u0026#39;s microwave radiometer to measure radio waves from the Jupiter\u0026#39;s deep atmosphere to determine the composition of the planet and its atmosphere.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe\u0026nbsp;Juno spacecraft\u0026nbsp;and its mission team have made discoveries about Jupiter\u0026#39;s interior structure, magnetic field, and magnetosphere, and have found its atmospheric dynamics to be far more complex than scientists previously thought. Extended through September 2025, or its end of life (whichever comes first), the mission will not only continue key observations of Jupiter, but also will expand its investigations to the larger Jovian system including Jupiter\u0026#39;s rings and large moons, with targeted observations and close flybys planned of the moons Ganymede, Europa, and Io.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.jpl.nasa.gov\/news\/nasa-extends-exploration-for-two-planetary-science-missions\/\u0022\u003ELearn more about the Juno and Insight missions\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Juno Mission has been extended through September 2025, or its end of life. It will continue its key observations of Jupiter and\u0026nbsp;also expand its investigations to the larger Jovian system. ECE\u0026#39;s Paul Steffes is a member of the Juno Mission team.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The Juno Mission has been extended through September 2025, or its end of life. It will continue its key observations of Jupiter and\u00a0also expand its investigations to the larger Jovian system. ECE\u0027s Paul Steffes is a member of the Juno Mission team. "}],"uid":"27241","created_gmt":"2021-01-14 22:07:53","changed_gmt":"2021-01-14 22:09:02","author":"Jackie Nemeth","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2021-01-14T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2021-01-14T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"634669":{"id":"634669","type":"image","title":"Paul Steffes","body":null,"created":"1587599637","gmt_created":"2020-04-22 23:53:57","changed":"1587599637","gmt_changed":"2020-04-22 23:53:57","alt":"Paul Steffes in lab. 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