JPL News - Day in Review

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DAY IN REVIEW

NASA's Juno Spacecraft Enters Jupiter's Magnetic Field NASA's Jupiter-bound Juno spacecraft has entered the planet's magnetosphere, where the movement of particles in space is controlled by what's going on inside Jupiter. › Read the full story

NASA Rover's Sand-Dune Studies Yield Surprise Some of the wind-sculpted sand ripples on Mars are a type not seen on Earth, and their relationship to the thin Martian atmosphere today provides new clues about the atmosphere's history. › Read the full story

NASA's Juno Spacecraft to Kick into Planned Autopilot for July 4 Jupiter Burn At about 12:15 pm PDT today (3:15 p.m. EDT), mission controllers will transmit command product "ji4040" into deep space, to transition the solar-powered Juno spacecraft into autopilot. › Read the full story

Recent Hydrothermal Activity May Explain Ceres' Brightest Area The brightest area on Ceres, located in the mysterious Occator Crater, has the highest concentration of carbonate minerals ever seen outside Earth, according to a new study from scientists on NASA's Dawn mission. › Read the full story

NASA's Juno Peers Inside a Giant NASA's Juno spacecraft, arriving at Jupiter on July 4, will begin to unravel some of the planet's greatest mysteries, including the origin of its massive magnetosphere. › Read the full story