Juno - NASA Science
Nov 6, 2024 · After enduring a five-year, 1.7 billion-mile journey from Earth, and evading showers of the most punishing radiation outside the Sun, Juno has provided breathtaking images and breakthrough discoveries from Jupiter and its moons.
Juno - Jupiter Missions - NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Launch and mission summary for NASA's Juno Mission to Jupiter, which will help reveal the origin and evolution of Jupiter as well as our solar system.
NASA Juno Mission Spots Most Powerful Volcanic Activity on Io to …
Jan 28, 2025 · During its extended mission, Juno’s trajectory passes by Io every other orbit, flying over the same part of the moon each time. Previously, the spacecraft made close flybys of Io in December 2023 and February 2024, getting within about 930 miles (1,500 kilometers) of its surface.The latest flyby took place on Dec. 27, 2024, bringing the spacecraft within about 46,200 miles (74,400 kilometers ...
Juno | Missions | Astrobiology
In June of 2021, Juno made the closest flyby of Jupiter’s moon Ganymede in a generation. Views from the spacecraft showed incredible details of the giant moon’s surface, including craters, clearly distinct dark and bright terrain, and long structural features possibly linked to …
NASA’s Juno Gets Highest-Resolution Close-Up of Jupiter’s Moon …
Oct 5, 2022 · The highest-resolution photo NASA’s Juno mission has ever taken of a specific portion of Jupiter’s moon Europa reveals a detailed view of a puzzling region of the moon’s heavily fractured icy crust.
NASA’s Juno Provides High-Definition Views of Europa’s Icy Shell
May 15, 2024 · Jupiter’s moon Europa was captured by the JunoCam instrument aboard NASA’s Juno spacecraft during the mission’s close flyby on Sept. 29, 2022. The images show the fractures, ridges, and bands that crisscross the moon’s surface.
NASA’s Juno Is Getting Ever Closer to Jupiter’s Moon Io
Jul 26, 2023 · When NASA’s Juno mission flies by Jupiter’s fiery moon Io on Sunday, July 30, the spacecraft will be making its closest approach yet, coming within 13,700 miles (22,000 kilometers) of it.
NASA’s Juno Exploring Jovian Moons During Extended Mission
Dec 14, 2022 · After revealing a trove of details about the moons Ganymede and Europa, the mission to Jupiter is setting its sights on sister moon Io. NASA’s Juno mission is scheduled to obtain images of the Jovian moon Io on Dec. 15 as part …
NASA’s Juno Uncovers Io’s 80 Trillion Watt Volcanic Monster That ...
19 hours ago · But since NASA extended Juno’s mission, the team has also used the instrument to study the moons Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto. The north polar region of Jupiter’s volcanic moon Io was captured by NASA’s Juno during the spacecraft’s 57th close pass of the gas giant on December 30, 2023.
Moons of Jupiter - Wikipedia
There are 95 moons of Jupiter with confirmed orbits as of 5 February 2024. [1][note 1] This number does not include a number of meter-sized moonlets thought to be shed from the inner moons, nor hundreds of possible kilometer-sized outer irregular moons that were only briefly captured by telescopes. [4] .