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NASA recently extended Junos mission operations to 2025 on June 9, 2021, 9:41 In brief: NASA has shared the first two images captured by its Juno Spacecraft earlier this week as it zipped by Jupiter’s largest moon, Ganymede. The flyby happened on June 7 and is the closest a spacecraft has come to Jupiter’s icy moon in more than two decades. Juno Principal Investigator Scott Bolton of the Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio said they are going to take their time...

The photos from a historic flyby of Ganymede, the solar systems largest moon, are starting to roll in.

Scientific American Ganymede Looks Glorious in New Images from NASA’s Juno Mission The spacecraft captured the first close-up views of the solar system’s largest moon in more than twenty years June 9, 2021 Print This image of Jupiter’s enormous moon Ganymede was obtained by the JunoCam imager during the Juno spacecrafts flyby on June 7, 2021. Credit: NASA, JPL-Caltech, SwRI and MSSS Advertisement The photos from a historic flyby of our solar system’s largest moon are starting to roll in...

NASA Juno Spacecraft Shares Detailed Photos Of Ganymede By Alexis Ty on June 09 2021 10:01 PM This image of Ganymede, one of Jupiters moons and the largest moon in our solar system, was taken by NASAs Galileo spacecraft. Juno, NASAs orbiting space probe, has shared its first-ever images of Ganymede in all its icy glory. On Monday, NASAs Juno spacecraft zipped by one of Jupiters moons and sent two of its images back to Earth. The stunning photos featured the ic...

Heres What NASAs Probe Saw When It Flew Past Jupiters Moon Ganymede Gizmodo 1 hr ago Isaac Schultz © Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI One of the first images of Ganymede taken by NASA’s Juno spacecraft during a June 7, 2021, flyby. NASA’s Jupiter-orbiting Juno spacecraft was able to capture new images of the moon Ganymede during a close flyby on Monday. The natural satellite, the biggest moon in the solar system, has an icy surface that covers an interior of rock and iron. ...

New images from NASA's Juno probe have provided astronomers with a dramatic view of Jupiter’s largest moon.

NASA’s Juno is set to take a peek into Jupiter’s moon – Ganymede on Monday, June 7, 2021 at exactly 1:35 PM EDT.

From left to right: The mosaic and geologic maps of Jupiter’s moon Ganymede were assembled incorporating the best available imagery from NASA’s Voyager 1 and 2 spacecraft and NASA’s Galileo spacecraft. Credits: USGS Astrogeology Science Center/Wheaton/NASA/JPL-Caltech. The first of the gas-giant orbiter’s back-to-back flybys will provide a close encounter with the massive moon after over 20 years. On Monday, June 7, at 10:35 a.m. Pacific Time, NASA’s Juno spacecraft will come within 6...

Spacecraft Juno to make closest flyby to Jupiter’s largest moon, Ganymede The flyby will be the closest-known since NASAs Galileo spacecraft made its penultimate close approach back on May 20, 2000. Washington: NASAs Juno spacecraft will come within 645 miles (1,038 kilometres) of the surface of Jupiters largest moon, Ganymede on June 7, the US space agency said on Friday. The solar-powered Juno spacecraft will fly past Ganymede at 1:35 p.m. EDT (10:35 a.m. PDT). The flyby will be the clo...