ISEN-ASTC-L is a service of the Association of Science-Technology Centers
Incorporated, a worldwide network of science museums and related institutions.
*****************************************************************************

NASA is poised to return to Jupiter with its first solar-powered spacecraft designed to operate at great distances from the Sun.  The Juno spacecraft is scheduled for launch from Florida on August 5 at 11:34 a.m. EDT.  Juno’s principal goal is to understand the origin and evolution of Jupiter.  Below are a number of resources for you to share with your staff, visitors, and local media:

JUNO WEBSITES:
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/juno/main/index.html
http://missionjuno.swri.edu/
http://newfrontiers.nasa.gov/missions_juno.html
http://sse.jpl.nasa.gov/missions/profile.cfm?Sort=Target&Target=Jupiter&MCode=Juno

________________________________
PRESS KIT
The Juno press kit is also available now at http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/presskits.cfm
Press kits are a good source for answers to a lot of questions your audiences may ask you.
________________________________
MISSION ANIMATION COLLECTIONS in 1920x1080, h264.mov files

A set of three collections of Juno mission animations is available for download from the Museum Alliance site at http://informal.jpl.nasa.gov/museum.  They are currently available on the public page but will be archived on the member site.  The files are 1920x1080, h264.mov format. The downloads may be slow due to the massive file sizes.  If you cannot save to your computer, try another browser or try clearing your browser's cache.

Descriptions and links for the animation collections:

Juno Mission Animations Collection – 1  (approximately 400 MB)
https://informal.jpl.nasa.gov/museum/ResourceLibrary/Juno_Collection_1_1920x1080_h264.mov
Mission animation clips: Earth to Jupiter trajectory (with zodiacal dust), orbit at Jupiter, gravity science/Doppler tracking visualization, Microwave Radiometer antenna locations & science visualization, Microwave Radiometer antennas pressure vs temperature visualization, gravity science mapping visualization, Jupiter globe to Mercator map transition, and JIRAM/JunoCam fields of view

Juno Mission Animations Collection – 2 (approximately 550 MB)
https://informal.jpl.nasa.gov/museum/ResourceLibrary/Juno_Collection_2_1920x1080_h264.mov
Mission animation clips: Juno spacecraft 3D model turntable, launch vehicle rollout, nighttime launch pad with spotlights, launch sequence, solar array deployment, solar array deployment (reverse angle), Earth to Jupiter trajectory (no zodiacal dust), Earth flyby, Jupiter arrival, internal motion theory, internal structure theory, deorbit sequence

Juno Mission Animations Collection – 3 (approximately 960 MB)
https://informal.jpl.nasa.gov/museum/ResourceLibrary/Juno_Collection_3_1920x1080_h264.mov
Mission animation clips: solar system formation/protoplanetary disk; Juno trajectory longitude web around Jupiter; Jupiter orbit insertion sequence [Juno Jupiter arrival, main engine cover opens, turn to burn attitude using thrusters, spin up for stability using thrusters, main engine burn, post orbit insertion spin down using thrusters, turn back to sun using thrusters]; observing Jupiter in multiple wavelengths; Jupiter cloud close-up and zoom out to Juno; Earth to Jupiter trajectory from Juno spacecraft’s point of view (looking in direction of motion); spacecraft orientation for Gravity Science orbits (with titles); spacecraft orientation for Microwave Radiometer orbits (with titles); spacecraft orientation for Gravity Science orbits (without titles); spacecraft orientation for Microwave Radiometer orbits (without titles); Juno orbit around Jupiter -- view toward planet’s north pole (with titles); Juno orbit around Jupiter -- view toward planet’s north pole(without titles); measuring Jupiter’s gravity with Juno; Juno’s orbit between planet and radiation belts; Juno above Jupiter, POV shifts from toward Jupiter to toward Sun; Jupiter magnetic field and auroras with cutaways to planet’s interior layers; Juno observes radio and plasma waves in Jupiter’s magnetosphere and auroras with its Waves instrument antennas; POV rising through Jupiter’s clouds with Juno spacecraft passing as a pulsing star overhead.  (Note: POV = point of view).

________________________________
LIVE WEBCASTS SURROUNDING LAUNCH ACTIVITIES

http://www.livestream.com/nasajuno

It is also being pick-up by NASA TV Education channel
http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/

Aug 3 noon to 5:00 pm EDT
Aug 4 noon to 5:00 pm EDT
Aug 5 10 am to noon EDT

Live coverage of interviews and activities surrounding the Juno spacecraft launch - brought to you by the Denver Museum of Nature & Science, the Virginia Air & Space Center (VASC) and the National Institute of Aerospace (NIA). The Juno mission will improve our understanding of our solar system’s beginnings by revealing the origin and evolution of Jupiter. Live coverage originating from Kennedy Space Center in Florida will air from noon to 5:00 p.m. EDT on August 3rd and 4th, 2011 and from 10:00 a.m. until noon on Juno launch day, August 5! Special guests scheduled to join hosts from the Denver Museum of Nature & Science, the Virginia Air & Space Center (VASC), and the National Institute of Aerospace (NIA) during the programming include:

· Jim Adams - NASA’s Deputy Director of Planetary Science
· Dr. Scott Bolton - Juno Principal Investigator
· Christopher Blair - NASA Launch Services Program/KSC Education Specialist
· Mike Caplinger - Senior Scientist at Malin Space Science Systems
· James Crocker - VP & GM Sensing and Exploration Systems, Lockheed Martin Space Systems Co.
· Dr. Randy Gladstone - Instrument Lead for Juno's Ultraviolet Imaging Spectrograph (UVS)
· Jane Houston Jones - "What's Up" Author and Amateur Astronomer
· Ulrik Solberg Lund - Lego Minifigure Designer
· Dr. Mary Mellott - Juno Program Scientist
· Adriana Ocampo, Juno Program Executive
· Teachers from the Goldstone Apple Valley Radio Telescope (GAVRT) program
· Bill Nye - “The Science Guy”
· Vernon Thorpe - Atlas Space Vehicle Expert

________________________________
Info brought to you by NASA's Museum Alliance:  http://informal.jpl.nasa.gov/museum/

Go Juno!


Anita M. Sohus
JPL Informal Education Lead
-Manager, NASA Museum Alliance
-Manager, NASA Informal Education Opportunities
NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory,
California Institute of Technology
4800 Oak Grove Drive, M.S. 111-B29
Pasadena, CA  91109
818-354-6613
[log in to unmask]


***********************************************************************
For information about the Association of Science-Technology Centers and the Informal Science Education Network please visit www.astc.org.

Check out the latest case studies and reviews on ExhibitFiles at www.exhibitfiles.org.

The ISEN-ASTC-L email list is powered by LISTSERVR software from L-Soft. To learn more, visit
http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html.

To remove your e-mail address from the ISEN-ASTC-L list, send the
message  SIGNOFF ISEN-ASTC-L in the BODY of a message to
[log in to unmask]