Juno 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 part of the New Frontiers program. [6] .

The 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.

Nov 6, 2024 · NASA's Juno spacecraft has explored Jupiter, its moons, and rings since 2016, gathering breakthrough science and breathtaking imagery.

Ride along with the Juno spacecraft as it performed its 27th close flyby of Jupiter on June 2, 2020. Explore all of our interviews, videos, and photos in one place. Hear from the Juno team, learn about Jupiter, the Juno spacecraft and so much more. Meet the team behind Mission Juno!

Jan 28, 2025 · Scientists with NASA’s Juno mission have discovered a volcanic hot spot in the southern hemisphere of Jupiter’s moon Io. The hot spot is not only larger than Earth’s Lake Superior, but it also belches out eruptions six times the total energy of all the world’s power plants.

Jan 9, 2025 · Juno is on a mission to probe beneath Jupiter's dense clouds and answer questions about the origin and evolution of Jupiter, and our solar system.

Dec 30, 2024 · Juno, U.S. space probe designed to orbit the planet Jupiter. The probe is named for a Roman goddess, the female counterpart to the god Jupiter. Juno was launched by an Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on August 5, 2011. On October 9, 2013, it flew by Earth for a gravity boost on its journey to Jupiter, where it arrived on July 4, 2016.

NASA's Juno spacecraft awaits launch from inside the payload fairing atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V-551 launch vehicle. Juno and its rocket are at Space Launch Complex 41 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.

Juno uses a spinning, solar-powered spacecraft in a highly elliptical polar orbit that avoids most of Jupiter’s high-radiation regions. The designs of the individual instruments are straightforward, and the mission did not require the development of any new technologies.

Jan 31, 2025 · The team behind these findings used data collected by Juno, which made flybys of Io in Dec. 2023 and Feb. 2024 and came to within about 930 miles (1,500 kilometers) of the Jovian moon's surface.In ...