answersLogoWhite

0

Why can't you send a spacecraft to land on Jupiter?

Updated: 8/20/2019
User Avatar

Wiki User

11y ago

Best Answer

The surface of Jupiter is not solid!

User Avatar

Wiki User

11y ago
This answer is:
User Avatar

Add your answer:

Earn +20 pts
Q: Why can't you send a spacecraft to land on Jupiter?
Write your answer...
Submit
Still have questions?
magnify glass
imp
Related questions

Have space probes been sent to europa?

No spacecraft has been sent specifically to study Europa, but several spacecraft that have observed Jupiter also spent time observing Europa. Planned to launch around 2020, the Europa Jupiter System Mission will send 2 to 4 spacecraft to Jupiter, with one spacecraft dedicated to studying Europa: the Jupiter Europa Orbiter.


The first country to send spacecraft to explore Jupiter?

The first spacecraft to visit and explore Jupiter was the Pioneer 10 in 1973. The Pioneer 10 was created by NASA and made in the U.S.


Did you send any space missions to Eris?

We should send space probe just like New Horizons Spacecraft to Eris. So we can launch this spacecraft in 2015 to make Jupiter, Saturn, and Neptune flybys then to Eris.


How long does it take to travel from Earth to Jupiter?

In 2008, NASA launched its New Horizon's spacecraft. It took 13 months to reach Jupiter. This was a huge improvement over NASA's first attempt to send a rocket to Jupiter. The Galileo craft took 6 years to make the same trip!


Did voyager 2 changed its direction using Jupiter's gravitational force?

Yes. The gravitational force of Jupiter was used to accelerate the spacecraft and change it's direction so that it would encounter Saturn. At Saturn the same technique was used to send the spaceraft to Uranus.


When did russia send there spacecraft to the moon?

after the US


What was the first country to send a spacecraft to the moon?

russia.


Did the spacecraft that visited mercury send back an pictures?

yes


Who was the first to send a spacecraft round the moon?

neil Armstrong


What are the 3 main stages in exploring a planet?

The three main stages in exploring a planet are: 1. send out a spacecraft that passes one or more bodies in space without orbiting them. 2. study a planet over a long period of time. and finally, 3. land instruments on a planet or to send instruments through its atmosphere.


When did spacecraft first send back data and images from the planets?

2012


Who did they send to Pluto?

They sent the New Horizons spacecraft, with no humans on board.