Category: NASA’s Juno spacecraft

NASA’s Juno Spacecraft to Get Close Look at Jupiter’s Volcanic Moon on Dec. 30

NASA’s Juno spacecraft will on Tuesday, Dec. 30, make the closest flyby of Jupiter’s moon Io that any spacecraft has made in over 20 years. Coming within roughly 930 miles (1,500 kilometers) from the surface of the most volcanic world in our solar system, the pass is expected to allow Juno instruments to generate a firehose of data. […]

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