After the unmanned probe Juno zipped past the Earth on its way to Jupiter today, it unexpectedly went into safe mode.
After the unmanned probe Juno zipped past the Earth on its way to Jupiter today, it unexpectedly went into safe mode.
Engineers continued to diagnose the issue, which occurred after Juno whipped around Earth in a momentum-gathering flyby. Up until Wednesday, Juno had been in excellent health. While in safe mode, it can communicate with ground controllers, but its activities are limited.
It is unclear at the moment why this happened.
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After the unmanned probe Juno zipped past the Earth on its way to Jupiter today, it unexpectedly went into safe mode.
Engineers continued to diagnose the issue, which occurred after Juno whipped around Earth in a momentum-gathering flyby. Up until Wednesday, Juno had been in excellent health. While in safe mode, it can communicate with ground controllers, but its activities are limited.
It is unclear at the moment why this happened.
On Christmas Eve 1968 three Americans became the first humans to visit another world. What they did to celebrate was unexpected and profound, and will be remembered throughout all human history. Genesis: the Story of Apollo 8, Robert Zimmerman's classic history of humanity's first journey to another world, tells that story, and it is now available as both an ebook and an audiobook, both with a foreword by Valerie Anders and a new introduction by Robert Zimmerman.
The ebook is available everywhere for $5.99 (before discount) at amazon, or direct from my ebook publisher, ebookit. If you buy it from ebookit you don't support the big tech companies and the author gets a bigger cut much sooner.
The audiobook is also available at all these vendors, and is also free with a 30-day trial membership to Audible.
"Not simply about one mission, [Genesis] is also the history of America's quest for the moon... Zimmerman has done a masterful job of tying disparate events together into a solid account of one of America's greatest human triumphs."--San Antonio Express-News
Mr. Zimmerman, I know you read The Onion, so:
Petulant Space Probe Refuses to Work
The Jupiter probe Juno recently emerged from a flyby of Earth in ‘safe mode’. The probe flew past Earth as planned, but controllers found some systems shut down after the fly-by. NASA engineers were unsure of the reason, but remained confident that the probe was on track to reach Jupiter in 2016.
Reporters contacted the spacecraft, and learned that the probe was unhappy about the lack of attention given to it’s mission.
“I’ve been out in space for over two years, and have I been on the news since launch? No! Not even Letterman has had me on. What the hell? I’ve been out past Mars, for crying out loud! Humans barely made it to the Moon. Curiosity lands on Mars, and gets world-wide attention. I’m going to freakin’ Jupiter, and no one says squat.”
“Look, if the government gets to shut down, I should get some downtime, too.”
NASA had no reaction on the probe’s comments.