Is the Juno mission still going?

Juno mission extended to 2025 Now Jupiter’s strong gravity has reduced Juno’s orbit to 43 days. The Juno mission was originally scheduled to end in July 2021. But in January of this year, NASA extended the mission. Juno will now continue exploring Jupiter through September 2025, or until the spacecraft’s end of life.

What was Juno’s mission?

Juno’s mission is to measure Jupiter’s composition, gravitational field, magnetic field, and polar magnetosphere.

When did Juno take pictures of Jupiter?

Juno’s latest view of the two moons was captured during the spacecraft’s 39th close flyby of Jupiter on Jan. 12. At the time, the spacecraft was about 38,000 miles (61,000 kilometers) above Jupiter’s cloud tops, at a latitude of about 52 degrees south.

WHO launched Juno?

NASA’s Jupiter-exploring space probe Juno celebrates 10 years in space today (Aug. 5). On Aug. 5, 2011, Juno launched to space from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (formerly known as Cape Canaveral Air Force Station) in Florida.

Is Juno going to crash into Jupiter?

However, Juno will only escape death for so long. Come September 2025—with nowhere near enough fuel to escape Jupiter’s gravity and so continue on a journey through the cosmos—its orbit will rapidly decay until it enters Jupiter’s upper atmosphere, heats-up and burns.

When did the Juno mission launch?

August 5, 2011Juno / Launch date
Juno launched on August 5, 2011. It blasted off from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on board an Atlas V rocket. The spacecraft traveled roughly 3 billion kilometers (nearly 2 billion miles) before arriving at Jupiter on July 4, 2016.

How is the Juno released?

Juno, U.S. space probe that is designed to orbit Jupiter. It is named for the Roman goddess who was the female counterpart to the god Jupiter. Juno was launched by an Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on August 5, 2011.

Where is Juno now NASA?

Juno is part of NASA’s New Frontiers Program, which is managed at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, for the agency’s Science Mission Directorate in Washington.