Episode 35: Exploring Jupiter

Technology Today

Southwest Research Institute

Technology

4.8 • 19 Ratings

🗓️ 27 September 2021

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

NASA’s Juno mission, led by SwRI, is rewriting the textbooks on the gas giant Jupiter, the fifth planet from the sun. Launching in 2011, the spacecraft reached its target in 2016, jumping into Jupiter’s orbit and revealing never-before-seen data and images of the massive planet. From the planet’s moons to its poles and core, Juno is unlocking the mysteries of Jupiter, giving humankind clues to the origin of the solar system and life on Earth. Juno instrumentation and data are also allowing us to hear the sounds of Jupiter, rich, haunting tones, captured as radio emissions. Listen now as Juno Principal Investigator and SwRI Space Science and Engineering Associate Vice President Dr. Scott Bolton discusses the mission’s top discoveries, deep space surprises, how the spacecraft was pulled into Jupiter’s orbit, and the art and music inspired by Juno’s findings.

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0:00.0	It's a search for our beginnings.
0:02.8	The massive planet Jupiter holds the key to understanding the formation of our solar system, our planet and life itself.
0:11.1	NASA's Juno mission is unlocking the mysteries of the gas giant.
0:15.2	Principal investigator Scott Bolton joins us with the revelations from Juno's journey to the fifth planet from the sun.
0:22.1	That's next on this episode of Technology Today.
0:28.8	We live with technology, science, engineering, and the results of innovative research every day.
0:35.2	Now, let's understand it better.
0:37.1	You're listening to the Technology
0:38.2	Today podcast presented by Southwest Research Institute. Hello and welcome to technology today.
0:44.9	I'm Lisa Benia. NASA's Juno mission launched in 2011 and entered Jupiter's orbit in 2016 to explore
0:52.4	the planet. The spacecraft continues orbiting the gas giant, recently beginning its extended mission.
0:59.0	Jupiter represents the very earliest part of the solar system and is key to understanding the formation of all planets and life on Earth.
1:09.0	Juno is unlocking the mysteries of Jupiter and rewriting the textbooks on the fifth planet from
1:14.6	the Sun.
1:15.6	Our guest today is a theoretical and experimental space physicist.
1:19.6	He's Associate Vice President of the SWRI Space Science and Engineering Division and
1:25.6	Juno Principal Investigator Dr. Scott Bolton.
1:29.4	Thank you for being here, Scott.
1:31.4	Thanks for having me. It's great to be with you and your audience.
1:35.6	So the Juno mission is fascinating. The spacecraft launched 10 years ago.
1:41.6	The data, the pictures are just incredible. You are heading up this mission.
1:46.7	The primary mission has just ended, and you recently started the extended mission, which
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