Like many other NASA missions, Juno is another that has a special imager for citizen scientist requests called JunoCam. In a recent development, NASA confirmed that the spacecraft came at least as close as 9,200 miles (14,800 kilometers) above Jupiter’s cloud tops during its 20th flight. The spacecraft has so far survived the radiation in both its primary mission and its first extended mission.
Juno is now working on his second expanded mission to look far into Jupiter’s clouds, using a polar orbit that no previous spacecraft could use. Coincidentally, NASA released images of both Jupiter and Ganymede from Juno last month. Ganymede’s rugged surface was visible during a pass in June 2021 when Juno flew just 1,046 kilometers above Ganymede’s surface.
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The Juno Mission and Spacecraft Details
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, 201; as part of the New Frontiers program. Juno entered polar orbit around Jupiter on July 5, 2016 to begin a scientific survey of the planet. After completing his mission, Juno will be intentionally released into Jupiter’s atmosphere. Juno is the second spacecraft to orbit Jupiter, after the nuclear-powered Galileo orbiter, which orbited Earth from 1995 to 2003.
Juno’s mission is to measure Jupiter’s composition, gravitational field, magnetic field and polar magnetosphere. It will also look for clues as to how the planet formed, including whether it has a rocky core, the amount of water present in the deep atmosphere, its mass distribution and the deep winds, which can reach speeds of up to 620 km/h (390 mph). km/h).