NASA Mission To Jupiter Today

[Eric Mc]

Live coverage of the launch of the Juno mission to Jupiter will be on the NASA TV website and on SpaceFlight Now. The launch is scheduled for 15.34 GMT.
It's NASA's first mission to Jupiter since the Galileo mission of 1989 and it will take 5 years to get to the planet.

[Hooli]

Are they showing it live all the way?

[Eric Mc]

The first 53 minutes at least.

[Ledaig]

That's 1634 BST in case it's not spotted by someone.

[jmorgan]

Hope it goes OK. Cassini has being doing a great job, this other lump needs a good look see.

[Eric Mc]

Just over one hour to go.

[Eric Mc]

Not as spectacular as a Shuttle but good to watch all the same.

[Graebob]

I enjoyed watching it It'd be nice if they gave out that 3D application they were using to monitor it.

[Eric Mc]

I'll keep an eye out for future launches. Now that we don't have Shuttles to watch anymore, we'll have to search out other space programmes.


Some of the Soyuz launches are covered live - but they have nothing like the tracking coverage you get with NASA.

[DJRC]

Plenty of stuff gets streamed live.

Ill let you know what is coming up. The ATV dockings are live, the question will be how much is shown just for industry and how much is released for public viewing.