Juno: The Making of a Spacecraft
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Read moreThe Juno spacecraft is on a large rotation fixture in a clean room at Lockheed Martin Space Systems in Denver, Colorado, where technicians are installing components in the spacecraft’s titanium vault. #
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Read moreDuring its assembly and test phase, NASA's Juno spacecraft is hoisted and moved to different clean rooms and test facilities. #
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Read moreJuno has three large solar wings that are needed to provide power to the spacecraft while in flight to Jupiter. In this photo, each solar array is independently deployed to simulate flight-like conditions. #
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Read moreTechnicians from Lockheed Martin move the large titanium radiation-vault that will protect the spacecraft’s vital flight and science computers from the harsh radiation at Jupiter. #
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Read moreThis gold-plated linear actuator, shown on a test bench, will move one of the large solar array wings on NASA’s Juno spacecraft. #
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Read moreJuno emerges from a thermal vacuum chamber after a two-week-long test that simulated many of the flight activities the spacecraft will execute during the mission. #
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Read moreJuno spacecraft at Lockheed Martin test facility just after acoustics test. #
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Read moreTechnicians oversee the installation of the large radiation vault onto Juno’s propulsion module. #
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Read moreAn artist’s rendering of the Juno spacecraft orbiting Jupiter. #
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