Rebuilding

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LONG GONE: Pardon the interruption, as the saying goes. The last week has involved out of town travel, and turning me into a cyborg.

Yes!!!!!!

Ever since I saw "The Bionic Woman," based on "Cyborg" by Martin Caidin, I've dreamed of having some superior,engineered parts. Fast forward 40 years since Jaime Sommers' antics, and I've joined the club. I have a shiny, brand-new titanium hip. Sweet!

However, unlike a made-for-tv story, it's not exactly all cake and circuses getting a good ol' body part cut out and having a new one inserted. So, I've been working my way back. We appreciate your patience during this 'upgrade.'

FIRST FOTO:  Space exploration fans know that last week, NASA's Juno spacecraft achieved orbit insertion at Jupiter. Today, the first photos from the probe were released!

The image above is made from some of the first images taken by JunoCam after the spacecraft entered orbit around Jupiter on July 5th. 

Happily, the view shows that JunoCam survived its first pass through Jupiter's extreme radiation environment, and that it has begun to collect images of the giant, gaseous planet.

The photo was taken on July 10, when Juno was 2.7 million miles (4.3 million kilometers) from Jupiter on the outbound leg of its initial 53.5-day capture orbit. 

The first high-resolution images of the planet will be taken on August 27, when Juno makes its next close pass to Jupiter.

More information about Juno is online at http://www.nasa.gov/juno and http://missionjuno.swri.edu.