Juno is a solar-powered NASA spacecraft that makes long, looping orbits around giant
planet Jupiter.
- Juno was launched on 5th August, 2011.
- The spacecraft traveled roughly 3 billion kilometers before arriving at Jupiter in 2016.
- Juno conducted its 53rd close flyby of Jupiter, capturing a remarkable image of Jupiter
and its volcanic moon Io, on 31st July 31, 2023. - Io is known for its intense volcanic activity, with hundreds of erupting volcanoes spewing
molten lava and sulfurous gasses. - It is slightly larger than Earth’s Moon, and is tidally locked to Jupiter and completes both
its rotation on its axis and orbit around Jupiter in approximately 1.8 Earth days.