As the Juno spacecraft makes a close approach of the moon Europa, it is expected to provide valuable science – and remarkable imagery – for NASA’s upcoming Europa Clipper mission. In less than three days, on Thursday, September 29, at 2:36 a.m. PDT (5:36 a.m. EDT), NASA’s Juno spacecraft will c
Data collection on the spacecraft will begin an hour prior to closest approach, when the Juno is 51,820 miles from Europa.
Juno’s extended mission includes flybys of the moons Ganymede, Europa, and Io. This graphic depicts the spacecraft’s orbits of Jupiter – labeled “PJ” for perijove, or point of closest approach to the planet – from its prime mission in gray to the 42 orbits of its extended mission in shades of blue and purple. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRIwill be activated for the Europa encounter.
This movie was generated using imagery collected on October 29, 2018, during Juno’s 16th perijove . Citizen scientists Gerald Eichstädt created this movie using data from the spacecraft’s JunoCam imager. Credit: Enhanced image by Gerald Eichstädt based on images provided courtesy of NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS
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