Juno spacecraft armored up to go to Jupiter
Tuesday, July 13, 2010 - 12:35
in Astronomy & Space
NASA's Juno spacecraft will be forging ahead into a treacherous environment at Jupiter with more radiation than any other place NASA has ever sent a spacecraft, except the sun. In a specially filtered cleanroom in Denver, where Juno is being assembled, engineers recently added a unique protective shield around its sensitive electronics.