One Year Design Life Has Stretched to Eight Full Years
The NASA's Earth Observer-1 (EO-1) has reached its eighth
anniversary on orbit. The EO-1 satellite, launched on November 21,
2000 had an initial design and mission life of one year, but has
continued successful operations for more than 7 years past the
initial mission.
The combined crews of shuttle Endeavour and the International
Space Station have sent a special greeting to members of the
American military in time for the upcoming holiday season.
Juno Will Place Spacecraft In High Elliptical Polar Orbit
NASA is officially moving forward on a mission to conduct an
unprecedented, in-depth study of Jupiter. Called Juno, the mission
will be the first in which a spacecraft is placed in a highly
elliptical polar orbit around the giant planet to understand its
formation, evolution and structure. Underneath its dense cloud
cover, Jupiter safeguards secrets to the fundamental processes and
conditions that governed our early solar system.
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