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17 de feb. de 2017 · NASA’s Juno mission to Jupiter, which has been in orbit around the gas giant since July 4, 2016, will remain in its current 53-day orbit for the remainder of the mission. This will allow Juno to accomplish its science goals, while avoiding the risk of a previously-planned engine firing that would have reduced the spacecraft’s orbital period ...
29 de sept. de 2022 · The Juno spacecraft, which has been orbiting Jupiter since 2016, made its closest approach yet to the moon Europa at 5:36 a.m. ET, flying within 219 miles (352 kilometers) of its icy surface.
28 de oct. de 2021 · DC Agle. Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-393-9011. agle@jpl.nasa.gov. Deb Schmid. Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio. 210-522-2254. dschmid@swri.org. New findings from NASA’s Juno probe orbiting Jupiter provide a fuller picture of how the planet’s distinctive and colorful atmospheric features offer clues.
Juno launched on August 5, 2011. It blasted off from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on board an Atlas V rocket. The spacecraft traveled roughly 3 billion kilometers (nearly 2 billion miles) before arriving at Jupiter on July 4, 2016. NASA's Juno Spacecraft Launched in 2011, the Jupiter probe has revealed many of the gas giant's secrets.
28 de oct. de 2021 · Juno entered Jupiter’s orbit in 2016. During each of the spacecraft’s 37 passes of the planet to date, a specialized suite of instruments has peered below its turbulent cloud deck. “Previously, Juno surprised us with hints that phenomena in Jupiter’s atmosphere went deeper than expected,” said Scott Bolton, principal investigator of Juno from the Southwest Research Institute in San ...
13 de jul. de 2016 · July 13, 2016. • 2 min read. Not long after pulling into orbit around Jupiter, NASA’s Juno spacecraft snapped an image of the giant planet and three of its moons. It’s the first spacescape ...
5 de jul. de 2016 · The craft is also carrying a plaque dedicated to Galileo, who discovered the moons Europa, Io, Callisto and Ganymede orbiting Jupiter in 1610. Eventually, Juno and its stowaways will burn up in ...
