Juno
Juno
Juno launched into space on
August
5th,
2011
and
is now
unknown km from Earth.
Its primary destination
is
Jupiter,
which
it arrived at on
July
4th,
2016
.
Wherever Juno goes, it carries its trusty
magnetometer, particle detectors, radio/plasma wave sensor, radio transmitter, radiometer, and spectrometers.
Juno often chats with humans from
NASA and SWRI.
Juno is a space probe currently orbiting Jupiter. Juno will study Jupiter’s origin, interior, atmosphere and magnetosphere. Notably, the space probe will be gathering clues as to what the inside of Jupiter is made up of – whether it has a solid core and how much water is present in its atmosphere. Juno will also directly sample the charged particles that make up planet’s auroras, while simultaneously observing them in ultraviolet.
Worth Exploring:
- Juno's interactive walk-through of the science behind the mission
- a DIY paper model of Juno
- a video of Earth and the Moon as seen from Juno
(top image: Jupiter as seen by Juno, NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS/Kevin M. Gill)