Juno: Scraping Jupiter
Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2016 8:05 pm
Juno: Scraping Jupiter
The Juno space probe prepares to arrive at Jupiter after a space voyage of five years and having covered a distance of 1.8m miles
On the 5th of July Nasa’s spacecraft will attempt to fall into Jupiter's orbit, in a continuing attempt to understand how the planet formed, to learn more about its mysterious weather system, and what drives its aurorae.
Juno’s first close up images of Jupiter are not expected until late August when the spacecraft swoops towards the surface with its cameras switched on.

For the next 20 months the probe will steadily build up an unprecedented map of the planet before its instruments finally fail and the spacecraft plunges into Jupiter’s swirling clouds, never to emerge again.
Source: Juno | Nasa
The Juno space probe prepares to arrive at Jupiter after a space voyage of five years and having covered a distance of 1.8m miles
On the 5th of July Nasa’s spacecraft will attempt to fall into Jupiter's orbit, in a continuing attempt to understand how the planet formed, to learn more about its mysterious weather system, and what drives its aurorae.
Juno’s first close up images of Jupiter are not expected until late August when the spacecraft swoops towards the surface with its cameras switched on.

For the next 20 months the probe will steadily build up an unprecedented map of the planet before its instruments finally fail and the spacecraft plunges into Jupiter’s swirling clouds, never to emerge again.
Source: Juno | Nasa