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The Juno spacecraft, which entered orbit around Jupiter on July 4, 2016, is the first explorer to peer below the planet's dense clouds to answer questions about the gas giant itself and the origins of our solar system.
Images taken by the Juno Mission - NASA
NASA's Juno Mission Captures the Colorful and Chaotic Clouds of Jupiter. Full Resolution: TIFF (2.268 MB) JPEG (135.2 kB) 2024-06-26. Io. Juno. JIRAM. 3333x2500x3. PIA26371: Juno Captures Lava Lake Chors Patera on Io.
Images taken by the Juno Mission - NASA
NASA's Juno Mission Reveals Jupiter's Complex ColorsFull Resolution: TIFF (14.26 MB) JPEG (429.3 kB) 2022-07-26.
NASA’s Juno Shares First Image From Flyby of Jupiter’s Moon Europa
Sep 29, 2022 · The complex, ice-covered surface of Jupiter's moon Europa was captured by NASA's Juno spacecraft during a flyby on Sept. 29, 2022. At closest approach, the spacecraft came within a distance of about 219 miles (352 kilometers).
Nasas Juno Science Results Offer First 3d View Of Jupiter …
Oct 28, 2021 · Juno’s microwave radiometer (MWR) allows mission scientists to peer beneath Jupiter’s cloud tops and probe the structure of its numerous vortex storms. The most famous of these storms is the iconic anticyclone known as the Great Red Spot.
Jupiter Orbit Insertion Press Kit | Mission Overview
The spacecraft will orbit Jupiter 37 times, with de-orbit into Jupiter at the end of the last orbit. During the almost one-and-a-half-year science phase of the mission, the spacecraft will execute a close flyby above the planet’s cloud tops every 14 days.
NASA’s Juno Spacecraft ‘Hears’ Jupiter’s Moon
Dec 17, 2021 · Jupiter images provided by NASA’s Juno spacecraft have given oceanographers the raw materials to study the rich turbulence at the gas giant’s poles and the physical forces that drive large cyclones on Jupiter.
NASA's Juno Mission Images Jupiter's Belts and Zones
Nov 9, 2023 · NASA's Juno spacecraft captured this view of Jupiter during the mission's 54th close flyby of the giant planet on Sept. 7, 2023. The colorful zones and belts in Jupiter's atmosphere run from the cloud tops down to approximately 1,860 miles (3,000 kilometers).
Jupiter Orbit Insertion Press Kit | Spacecraft - NASA Jet Propulsion ...
Juno uses a spinning, solar-powered spacecraft in a highly elliptical polar orbit that avoids most of Jupiter’s high-radiation regions. The designs of the individual instruments are straightforward, and the mission did not require the development of any new technologies.
Jupiter Orbit Insertion Press Kit | Fast Facts - NASA Jet Propulsion ...
Farthest solar powered spacecraft from Earth. First space mission to orbit an outer-planet from pole to pole. First space mission to fly as close as 2,600 miles to Jupiter’s cloud tops. First mission to be designed to operate in the heart of Jupiter’s radiation belts.