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This image revealing the north polar region of the Jovian moon Io was taken on October 15 by NASA’s Juno. Three of the mountain peaks visible in the upper part

Pasadena, CA - NASA’s Juno spacecraft will on Saturday, December 30th, make the closest flyby of Jupiter’s moon Io that any spacecraft has made in over 20

NNASA's Juno spacecraft is set to make a historic close flyby of Jupiter's moon Io this week.

NASA's Juno spacecraft is set to make the closest flyby of Jupiter's moon Io that any spacecraft has made in over 20 years.Juno will pass within roughly 1,500 kilometres from the surface of Io -- the most volcanic world in our solar system -- ...

The orbiter has performed 56 flybys of Jupiter and documented close encounters with three of the gas giant’s four largest moons.

Jupiter is composed almost entirely of hydrogen and helium. The amounts of each closely conform to the theoretical quantities in the primordial solar nebula.

Juno is a planet exploration spacecraft designed and manufactured by Lockheed Martin Space Systems to study Jupiter's atmosphere for Nasa.