Juno

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Juno is an active NASA spacecraft currently in polar orbit around Jupiter since July 2016, the second spacecraft to do so after Galileo. Launched in August 2011, its mission is to measure Jupiter's composition, gravitational field, magnetic field, and polar magnetosphere. It also performed flybys of Ganymede, Europa and Io on its extended mission.

Inside the clean room prior to launch, 2011

Launch from an Atlas V, 2011-Aug-05

Flyby of Earth, 2013-Oct-09

Perijove 7, Great Red Spot, 2017-Jul-11

Perijove 18, 2019-Feb-12

Perijove 26, 2020-Apr-10

Ganymede (top left), Europa (top right) and Io (bottom left and right) as seen by Juno in 2021, 2022 and 2023-2024 respectively

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