en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juno_Radiation_Vault
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JEDI and JunoCam do not have electronic boxes inside the vault.
This is incorrect: NASA sources say JunoCam’s electronics box is in the radiation vault, and JEDI hardware is also described as being inside the vault.
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NASA’s own Juno documentation contradicts this sentence for both instruments named.
- In the official Juno Jupiter Orbit Insertion press kit, NASA/JPL says: “JunoCam consists of a camera head and an electronics box (the box is housed in Juno's protective radiation vault).” That directly contradicts the claim that JunoCam does not have an electronic box inside the vault.
- NASA also says of JEDI that its radiation-resistant microchips “play a crucial role in one of the instruments nestled inside the radiation-shielded electronics vault on NASA’s Juno spacecraft.”
- More broadly, NASA/JPL’s spacecraft description says most instrument electronics are contained within the radiation vault.
So the statement is not just incomplete; it is factually wrong as written. Official mission materials place JunoCam’s electronics box in the vault, and they also place JEDI instrument electronics in the vault.
3 sources
- Jupiter Orbit Insertion Press Kit | Science Overview
JunoCam consists of a camera head and an electronics box (the box is housed in Juno's protective radiation vault).
- Tiny Microchips Enable Extreme Science - NASA
These tiny, radiation-resistant chips play a crucial role in one of the instruments nestled inside the radiation-shielded electronics vault on NASA's Juno spacecraft... The microchips aboard Juno are part of the Jupiter Energetic Particle Detector Instrument, or JEDI.
- Jupiter Orbit Insertion Press Kit | Spacecraft
Most instrument electronics are contained within the radiation vault and are thermally managed as part of the vault thermal control system.