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Jovian Infrared Auroral Mapper (JIRAM) is an instrument on the Juno spacecraft in orbit of the planet Jupiter. It is an image spectrometer and was contributed by Italy. [1] Similar instruments are on ESA Rosetta, Venus Express, and Cassini-Huygens missions. [1]
Juno in launch configuration. Juno is a NASA space probe orbiting the planet Jupiter.It was built by Lockheed Martin and is operated by NASA 's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.The spacecraft was launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on August 5, 2011 UTC, as part of the New Frontiers program. [6]
JunoCam successfully returned detailed images of Ganymede after Juno's flyby on June 7, 2021, [6] with further opportunities including planned flybys of Europa on September 29, 2022, and two of Io scheduled for December 30, 2023 and February 3, 2024. These flybys will also reduce Juno's orbital period to 33 days. [7]
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.
On Tuesday, NASA released the first set of images from Juno's in-orbit view and as expected, they are spectacular.
Artist's depiction of Pioneer 10, the first spacecraft to visit Jupiter. The exploration of Jupiter has been conducted via close observations by automated spacecraft.It began with the arrival of Pioneer 10 into the Jovian system in 1973, and, as of 2024, has continued with eight further spacecraft missions in the vicinity of Jupiter and two more en route.
Juno ' s UVS instrument Ultraviolet image of Jupiter's aurora; the bright spot at far left is the end of field line to Io; spots at bottom lead to Ganymede and Europa.This was taken by the Hubble Space Telescope from Earth orbit, using the Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph Here is an observation of Jupiter in X-rays by Chandra.
Jupiter shown in the image 'Jupiter Marble' as recorded by Juno. The Gravity Science experiment and instrument set aboard the Juno Jupiter orbiter is designed to monitor Jupiter's gravity. [1] [2] [3] It maps Jupiter's gravitational field, which will allow the interior of Jupiter to be better understood. [3]