Exploration of Jupiter - Wikipedia
WEBThe New Horizons spacecraft passed by Jupiter in 2007 and made improved measurements of its and its satellites' parameters. The Galileo spacecraft was the first to have entered orbit around Jupiter, arriving in 1995 and studying the planet until 2003.
Juno | NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
WEBThe Juno spacecraft, which entered orbit around Jupiter on July 4, 2016, is the first explorer to peer below the planet's dense clouds to answer questions about the gas giant itself and the origins of our solar system.
Juno (spacecraft) - Wikipedia
WEBJuno is a NASA space probe orbiting the planet Jupiter. It was built by Lockheed Martin and is operated by NASA 's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. The spacecraft was launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on August 5, 2011 UTC, as …
Juno - NASA Science
WEBNASA's Juno spacecraft has explored Jupiter, its moons, and rings since 2016, gathering breakthrough science and breathtaking imagery.
Jupiter missions: Past, present and future - Space.com
WEBApr 3, 2023 · NASA's Pioneer 10 was the first spacecraft ever to make it as far as Jupiter. The probe launched on March 2, 1972, on an ambitious mission to study the asteroid belt, Jupiter's atmosphere and...
Jupiter - NASA Science
WEBJupiter is the largest planet in our solar system. If Jupiter was a hollow shell, 1,000 Earths could fit inside. Jupiter also is the oldest planet, forming from the dust and gases left over from the Sun's formation 4.5 billion years ago.
Decades of Discovery: NASA’s Exploration of Jupiter - NASA
WEBAug 5, 2016 · The probe was the first spacecraft to directly measure characteristics of Jupiter’s atmosphere – descending 95 miles (153 kilometers) into it before melting and vaporizing from the extreme heat. The probe passed 58 minutes of atmospheric data to the orbiter, which then transmitted it back to Earth.
A Whole New Jupiter: First Science Results from NASA’s Juno Mission
WEBMay 25, 2017 · Early science results from NASA’s Juno mission to Jupiter portray the largest planet in our solar system as a complex, gigantic, turbulent world, with Earth-sized polar cyclones, plunging storm systems that travel deep into the heart of the gas giant, and a mammoth, lumpy magnetic field that may indicate it was generated closer to the planet ...
NASA’s Juno Spacecraft in Orbit Around Mighty Jupiter
WEBJul 5, 2016 · NASA’s Juno spacecraft captured a unique time-lapse movie of the Galilean satellites in motion about Jupiter. The movie begins on June 12th with Juno 10 million miles from Jupiter, and ends on June 29th, 3 million miles distant.
NASA’s Juno Mission Expands Into the Future - NASA Jet …
WEBJan 13, 2021 · NASA has authorized a mission extension for its Juno spacecraft exploring Jupiter. The agency’s most distant planetary orbiter will now continue its investigation of the solar system’s largest planet through September 2025, or until the spacecraft’s end of life.