Above is an artist's vision of the probe's planned descent from a dramatic perspective. As illustrated the probe may have encountered lightning , or at lower levels even water rain. Ultimately, the probe was expected to be crushed and vaporized by the intense heat and pressure deep below the clouds . NASA controllers have received telemetry signals from the orbiter indicating that it has recorded the probe's transmissions and has subsequently successfully fired its rocket engine entering orbit around Jupiter. The first playback of the recorded data to ground stations on Earth is scheduled for December 10-13.
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