JIRAM<\/a> (Jovian InfraRed Auroral Mapper) was designed to study the dynamics and chemistry of Jupiter\u2019s aurorae in the near infrared. Unlike other similar instruments, on other planetary missions, this is the first installed on a spin-stabilized satellite. It is also the first instrument which uses a passive cooling system and the first operating in an environment marked by strong radiation\u201d.<\/p>\n\u201cThe radio science experiment,\u201d Barbara Negri added, \u201cis meant to study the inside structure of the planet and sets the scientific goal of mapping Jupiter\u2019s gravity field. The experiment\u2019s key tool is the Ka-band transponders (KaT) provided by ASI and built by Thales Alenia Space. The KaT transponder provides a two-way link in the Ka-band with the ground station for accurate distance and speed measurements.\u201d<\/p>\n
“JUNO is a mission that will make history and that sees NASA and ASI partner again in search of information to explain the origins of the Solar System,\u201d the President of ASI Roberto Battiston stated, \u201cThe study of Jupiter is also a major scientific and technological challenge to which Italy takes part with two advanced tools thanks to INAF and to industries such as Leonardo Finmeccanica and Thales Alenia Space.”<\/p>\n
“This mission,\u201d Battiston also reported, \u201dshows how the Italian scientific community plays a highly important role. Aside from the symbolic and historical partnership with NASA it represents a crucial growth opportunity for both Italian companies and\u00a0 researchers. Working side by side with the world\u2019s leading space agency has allowed a huge breakthrough for the Country, both for the technological capacity and for our human capital.”<\/p>\n
“After eleven years of work, including five travelling through space, we finally reached Jupiter, the so long-awaited goal, \u201d commented Alberto Adriani of INAF, Principal Investigator of the JIRAM tool, “and now comes the fun part. We cannot wait to turn our instruments on and to collect the first scientific data, which will allow us to unveil many of the still mysterious aspects of the largest and most hostile planet of our solar system!”<\/p>\n
“I followed with great emotion and pride the successful Jupiter Orbit Insertion of the JUNO spacecraft from NASA\/CalTech Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena,” commented the Ambassador of Italy in the United States, Armando Varricchio, “an historic event in which once more Italy played a significant role thanks to the decades long extraordinary cooperation between Italy and the United States in the field of space exploration. Following the thread of Galileo Galilei, thanks to JUNO Italian science and technology have reached new unexplored frontiers”.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After a journey, started on August 5 of 2011, about three billions kilometers distant and lasting almost five years, JUNO has reached its destination. On June, 4th 2016, at 8.53 pm (California time \u2013 in Italy it was 5.53 am of June, 5th), JUNO correctly entered the orbit of the biggest planet in the Solar […]","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[397,35],"class_list":["post-53019","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-approfondimenti","tag-america-settentrionale","tag-diplomazia-scientifica"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53019","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53019"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53019\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53019"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53019"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53019"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}