Juno Radiation Vault

Juno Radiation Vault (the box being lowered onto the partially constructed spacecraft) in the process of being installed on Juno, 2010
Juno Radiation Vault is shown attached, but with the top open and some of the electronics boxes inside the vault can be seen
The cube shaped JRV can be seen in between the un-wrapped main dish and the larger hexagonal main spacecraft body. Juno shake testing in November 2010
Jupiter's variable radiation belts are shown by these radio emissions from high-energy particles as detected by Cassini-Huygens when it coasted by Jupiter in 2000 on its way to Saturn

Juno Radiation Vault is a compartment inside the Juno spacecraft that houses much of the probe's electronics and computers, and is intended to offer increased protection of radiation to the contents as the spacecraft endures the radiation environment at planet Jupiter.[1] The Juno Radiation Vault is roughly a cube, with walls made of 1 cm thick (1/3 of an inch) titanium metal, and each side having an area of about a square meter (10 square feet).[2] The vault weighs about 200 kg (500 lbs).[3] Inside the vault are the main command and data handling and power control boxes, along with 20 other electronic boxes.[2] The vault should reduce the radiation exposure by about 800 times, as the spacecraft is exposed to an anticipated 20 million rads of radiation[1] It does not stop all radiation, but significantly reduces it in order to limit damage to the spacecraft's electronics.[2]

  1. ^ a b "Juno Probe Will Run Hellish Radiation Gauntlet at Jupiter Monday". Space.com. Retrieved 2017-01-08.
  2. ^ a b c "NASA – Juno Armored Up to Go to Jupiter". www.nasa.gov. Retrieved 2017-01-06.
  3. ^ "NASA – Juno Armored Up to Go to Jupiter". www.nasa.gov. Retrieved 2017-01-08.