PIA13718: Preparing Juno for Acoustical Testing


Preparing Juno for Acoustical Testing

Caption:

Technicians lift NASA's Juno spacecraft onto a dolly prior to the start of a round of acoustical testing. During acoustical testing a spacecraft is subjected to conditions that simulate the intense vibrations of launch and other less intense operations that take place while in flight. In this instance, the dolly provides the necessary ground clearance to perform a functional test of Juno's main engine cover.

Background Info:

This image was taken on Sept. 30, 2010, in the Reverberant Acoustics Lab at Lockheed Martin Space Systems in Denver, during Juno's assembly process.

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a division of the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, manages the Juno mission for the principal investigator, Scott Bolton, of Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio. Lockheed Martin Space Systems is building the spacecraft. The Italian Space Agency, Rome, is contributing an infrared spectrometer instrument and a portion of the radio science experiment.

For more information about Juno visit http://www.nasa.gov/juno .

Cataloging Keywords:

Name Value Additional Values
Target Jupiter
System
Target Type Planet
Mission Juno
Instrument Host Juno
Host Type Orbiter
Instrument
Detector
Extra Keywords Color, Infrared, Radio
Acquisition Date
Release Date 2010-12-16
Date in Caption
Image Credit NASA/JPL-Caltech/LMSS
Source photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA13718
Identifier PIA13718