Is it possible to send a probe to Jupiter's atmosphere?

Answer 1

NASA's Galileo mission to Jupiter launched a probe into Jupiter's atmosphere in 1995.

Answer 2

JPL/NASA, Has - in a way - already been there and done that.

The space probe Galileo was sent to Jupiter space some time ago. The probe unfortunately was crippled prior to launch and it's main antennae never opened properly as a result (it was kind of designed to operate like an umbrella and instead failed to open. While this kinda sucked in that the NASA and JPL crews managed to get quite a bit of science done and did save the mission, it's important to realize just how much was NOT done because the amount of data-collection was so much smaller than anticipated.

HOWEVER, one of it's last tasks was to de-orbit or be just some human space-junk in orbit around Jupiter, the mission planners used aerobraking to slow the spacecraft down and it orbited into the atmosphere of jupiter taking observations on its last decent,

However, to do it right, They are planning the JIMO mission, which would spend alot of time floating around Jupiter space, and would have a specific part of the mission dedicated to examining the Jovian atmosphere.

Answer 3

If NASA can send a probe (the Huygens probe from Cassini) to Titan, then why not Jupiter? Of course, sending a probe is not as easy as one might think. Budget, technical issues and timing all come into the decision-making.

Kudos to you, Kwilfort, you should have the Best Answer.

Answer 4

You *won't be able to* be extreme. Jupiter has below 10% the mass required to develop right into a celeb. the people at NASA at the instantaneous are not idiots. And, 77 kilos of plutonium? i'm no longer gonna hassle looking up the precise numbers, yet this may create an explosion below a megaton. even as S/L-9 hit Jupiter again in the 90s, the explosion replaced into over 20 *teratons*. putting forward they tried to "ignite" Jupiter with a

Answer 5

Last time I checked (being serious here), they can but whats the point? No one would be able to live there or do anything there! They can already tell the trace elements a certain way, you know?

Answer 6

It would be best to ask a parasitologist