The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration, or NASA, extended its mission to two planets – Juno (JUNO) and InSight – due to the discovery of a large amount of important scientific data. Increase understanding And it raises an enormous number of questions about the solar system.
In the past, the Juno spacecraft made a lot of important scientific information about its internal structure. And the magnetic field of Jupiter It was shown that the movement of matter within Jupiter’s atmosphere is more complex than scientists previously thought.
NASA has now expanded the scope of the study to the ring. And the moons of Jupiter’s satellites such as Io Europa and Ganymede by means of observation and hovering (Flybys), the mission of the Juno spacecraft is extended to September 2025 or until the spacecraft can use No
Insight survey vehicle section Will expand the mission for another 2 years until December 2565, this survey vehicle has placed seismic detectors. (Seismometer) on the surface of Mars, where the spacecraft landed. Able to measure seismic waves passing through different layers within Mars. This allows scientists to more accurately model the internal structure of Mars. For expanding missions The Insight probe will be focused on developing a high-quality dataset of Mars earthquakes. It collects data from the surrounding embedded weather and seismometers, as well as the heat and physical properties of the Martian surface.
The two extended missions allowed NASA to continue to operate. Lower costs than starting a new mission. In the past, the mission was extended. It helps that mission gain more long-term data sets. Able to develop such datasets to have higher quality Or some missions can fly into other objects. With a whole new scientific goal It is definitely worth the investment budget.
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