Juno, NASA New Frontiers mission to the planet Jupiter, NASA, Washington, D.C., USA

The NASA probe, that will study how the Gas Giant formed, will use a gravity-assist from Earth on October 9th, 2013 to gain the necessary momentum to reach its destination.

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On July 4, 2016, NASA’s Juno spacecraft will arrive to study Jupiter after a trip of nearly two billion miles.

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As part of NASA’s New Frontiers program that explores our solar system, Juno is the first solar powered spacecraft designed to operate at Jupiter’s distance from the sun. At Jupiter, Juno receives 25x less sunlight than it would at Earth. Its three large solar array wings, with more than 18,000 individual solar cells, produce about 500 watts at Jupiter, enough to power its heaters, computers and instruments.

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After five years traveling through space to its destination, NASA's Juno spacecraft will arrive in orbit around Jupiter today, July 4, 2016. This video shows a peek of what the spacecraft saw as it closed in on its destination before instruments were turned off.

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NASA received data from the spacecraft to confirm that it has completed its orbit insertion burn and is now officially in Jupiter orbit.

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On July 4th, NASA Television aired live coverage of the solar-powered Juno spacecraft’s arrival at Jupiter after an almost five-year journey. Juno is the first spacecraft to orbit the poles of our solar system’s most massive planet. It will circle the Jovian world 37 times during 20 months, skimming to within 3,100 miles (5,000 kilometers) above the cloud tops, providing new answers to ongoing mysteries about the planet’s core, composition and magnetic fields.

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The NASA Juno mission is a success, with the Juno space probe entering orbit around Jupiter. What will is show us about the giant planet? And what will this mean for...Europa and life as we know it?

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What may have once seemed a mission impossible is a remarkable, out of this world reality in 2016.

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NASA’ Juno spacecraft performed a flyby of Ganymede, Jupiter’s largest moon, on 7 June 2021. At the time of closest approach, Juno was within 1,038 kilometers (645 miles) of Ganymede’s surface.

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