She’s So Lovely That You Would Not Refuse 

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The Juno spacecraft just recorded these creepy sounds around Jupiter

Via Science Alert

Jupiter Sucks!

Sucked in by Jupiter’s gravity well, the Juno spacecraft reached an estimated top speed of about 165,000 mph.

Yeeow!

Actual color images of Mars, taken by the OSIRIS instrument aboard Rosetta, on February 24, 2007.

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Flight of the Heart

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How the fastest spacecraft ever will enter orbit around Jupiter

For 35 perilous minutes, Juno will be in a make-or-break rocket burn to get into polar orbit around Jupiter.

Juno is headed toward an encounter Monday with Jupiter, when the fastest spacecraft ever will take a dangerous plunge about 2,900 miles (4,667 kilometers) above the surface of Jupiter. While the deep gravity well of Jupiter will help to grab onto the craft, it will still have to do some maneuvering to get into place.

At 10:18 p.m. CT on Monday night, the Juno craft will begin a 35-minute engine firing as it approaches the north pole of the planet. This will take place at closest approach when gravity is strongest. The craft, which is moving at 165,000 mph (265,541.76 km/h) toward Jupiter, will slow down by 1,212 mph (542 meters/s).

Read more ~ Astronomy Magazine

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