NASA's Jupiter-Bound Juno Spacecraft Buzzes Earth Today: Watch It Live

[bananas]

Source: Space.com

A NASA spacecraft will zoom by Earth today (Oct. 9) to use the planet's gravitational pull as a speed boost for its trip to Jupiter and you can see live views of the probe live online during the flyby.

NASA's Juno probe will be a mere 347 miles (558 kilometers) from Earth and over South Africa when it makes its closest approach at 3:21 p.m. EDT (1921 GMT). Later tonight, at 9:30 p.m. EDT (0130 GMT), the online Slooh Space Camera will track the Juno spacecraft's Earth flyby live in a free webcast.

You can watch the Juno flyby webcast live on SPACE.com, courtesy of Slooh. Viewers can also ask questions via Twitter using the hashtag #nasajuno. [See photos of NASA's Juno mission to Jupiter]

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While 97 percent of NASA is currently on furlough due to the ongoing government shutdown, the agency's Jet Propulsion Laboratory — which manages the Juno mission — remains on duty for now. During Juno's Earth flyby, the spacecraft is expected to test its science instruments and snap photos of Earth and the moon.

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Read more: http://www.space.com/23127-juno-jupiter-probe-earth-flyby-webcast.html

[byronius]

1. Awesome. Great Post.

[tomm2thumbs]

2. Experimenting - posting live link to see if it works here

You should be able to see the live-feed in the post if you click the play-arrow. It'll be counting down until the actual video goes live in the evening FYI