Juno Mission

What Can We Expect From Juno’s Return To Jupiter?

On Saturday, August 27th, NASA's Juno mission will once again make history as it conducts the closest flyby of Jupiter…

8 years ago

Juno Transmits 1st Orbital Imagery after Swooping Arrival Over Jovian Cloud Tops and Powering Up

NASA’s newly arrived Jovian orbiter Juno has transmitted its first imagery since reaching orbit last week on July 4 after…

8 years ago

Jovians Distressed At Strange, Tiny & Silent Creatures Aboard Spacecraft

As part of Juno's mission to Jupiter, Lego has fashioned three figurines (representing Jupiter, Juno and Galileo) to accompany the…

8 years ago

The Moon Occults Jupiter This Weekend

The Moon makes a close pass near Jupiter this weekend and occults it for observers in the southern Indian Ocean…

8 years ago

Welcome to Jupiter – NASA’s Juno Achieves Orbit around ‘King of the Planets’

Welcome to Jupiter! NASA’s Juno spacecraft is orbiting Jupiter at this moment! “NASA did it again!” pronounced an elated Scott…

8 years ago

Juno Snaps Final View of Jovian System Ahead of ‘Independence Day’ Orbital Insertion Fireworks Tonight – Watch Live

After a nearly 5 year odyssey across the solar system, NASA’s solar powered Juno orbiter is all set to ignite…

8 years ago

The Juno Mission

On July 4th, the Juno spacecraft - the second long-term mission to Jupiter - will arrive at the gas giant,…

8 years ago

NASA Approves New Horizons Extended KBO Mission, Keeps Dawn at Ceres

In an ‘Independence Day’ gift to a slew of US planetary research scientists, NASA has granted approval to nine ongoing…

8 years ago

Jupiter’s Magnetosphere Will Blow Your Mind While it Kills Your Spacecraft

Jupiter is a huge planet, but its magnetosphere is mind-blowingly massive. It extends out to nearly 5 million kilometers (3…

8 years ago

Juno and the Deep Space Network: Bringing The Data Home

Sonny Giroux, Program Manager for NASA's Deep Space Network, explains how Juno uses the Network to communicate, and some of…

8 years ago