October 10, 2013

With NASA Dark, Bill Nye Explains Juno’s Earth Fly By

Bill Nye is hosting “Why With Nye,” an eight-part YouTube series focusing on NASA’s Juno mission to Jupiter.

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Due to the government shutdown NASA’s website and social media feeds have gone dark. But no matter, Bill Nye, aka “the Science Guy” has stepped in to fill the void, hosting “Why With Nye”, an eight-part YouTube series focusing on NASA’s Juno mission to Jupiter.

Yesterday, Juno re-entered Earth’s orbit and used the Earth’s gravity to sling shot it on its way to Jupiter.

Watch Nye explain the mission and its significance here:

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