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02 Jan 2019

NASA's Juno probe captures volcanic plumes on Jupiter's moon Io

The images can lead to new insights into the gas giant's interactions with its five moons, causing phenomena such as Io's volcanic activity.

05 Sep 2016

A never-before-seen view of Jupiter's south pole! (See pic)

As per NASA, the JunoCam instrument acquired a never-before-seen view on Jupiter's south pole on August 27, 2016, when the spacecraft was about 58,700 miles (94,500 kilometers) above the polar region.

26 Aug 2016

Juno probe to make its closest approach to Jupiter tomorrow!

At the moment of closest approach, Juno will be about 2,500 miles (4,200 kilometers) above Jupiter's swirling clouds and traveling at 130,000 mph (208,000 kilometers per hour) with respect to the planet, says NASA.

31 Jul 2016

NASA's Juno spacecraft to touch Jupiter's farthest point in orbit!

The spacecraft is currently executing the first of two long orbits prior to beginning its science mission.

13 Jul 2016

NASA's Juno probe sends first view of Jupiter from orbit – See pic!

The new view was obtained on July 10, 2016, when the Juno was 2.7 million miles (4.3 million kilometers) from Jupiter.

05 Jul 2016

And we're there! Juno enters Jupiter's orbit; NASA celebrates success

NASA's JPL announced the official confirmation of Juno's orbit insertion as soon as it took place.

Juno spacecraft

04 Jul 2016

NASA's Juno all set to reach Jupiter; 'We are ready', say spacecraft investigators

After the main engine burn, Juno will be in orbit around Jupiter.

01 Jul 2016

NASA's Juno spacecraft enters Jupiter's magnetic field

Science instruments on board detected changes in the particles and fields around the spacecraft as it passed from an environment dominated by the interplanetary solar wind into Jupiter's magnetosphere.

Juno spacecraft

04 Feb 2016

NASA's Juno spacecraft prepares for rendezvous with Jupiter

The Juno spacecraft`s thrusters consumed about 0.6 kg of fuel during the burn and changed the spacecraft`s speed by 0.31 metres per second.

05 Dec 2015

JunoCam mission all set to explore Jupiter in 2016!

Juno will get closer to Jupiter than any previous orbiting spacecraft, giving JunoCam the best close-up views yet of the planet's colorful cloud bands.

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