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The camera and the mission were not designed to study the moons of Jupiter. [12] JunoCam has a field of view that is too wide to resolve any detail in the Jovian moons except during close flybys. Jupiter itself may only appear to be 75 pixels across from JunoCam when Juno reaches the furthest point of its orbit around the planet. [3]
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]
NASA's Juno spacecraft captured this view of Jupiter during the mission's 54th close flyby of the giant planet Sept. 7, 2023. ... USA TODAY. Ford reveals first special edition of its Mustang GTD ...
The Juno spacecraft continues to contribute new insights about Jupiter and its moons, having recently completed a flyby over Jupiter’s swirling cloud tops on November 24.
NASA's Juno spacecraft recently flew by Jupiter, collecting crucial data -- and the best look we've gotten at the planet in a very long time. This is the closest photo of Jupiter anyone has seen ...
Juno. Mission: studying Jupiter from polar orbit. Originally intended to de-orbit into the Jovian atmosphere after 2021, now operating until 2025. Launched: 5 August 2011; Destination: Jupiter; Arrival: 4 July 2016; Institution: NASA; New Horizons. Mission: the first spacecraft to study Pluto up close, and ultimately the Kuiper Belt. It was the ...
The pioneering Juno spacecraft, which arrived at Jupiter in 2016 and is now swooping by the planet's intriguing moons, recently snapped images of the Jovian moon Io from some 32,044 miles (51,570 ...
Avoiding signals from the spacecraft is another reason MAG is placed at the end of the solar panel boom, about 10 m (33 feet) and 12 m (39 feet) away from the central body of the Juno spacecraft. [1] [2] The MAG instrument is designed to detect the magnetic field of Jupiter, which is one of the largest structures in the Solar System. [3]