NASA’s Juno spacecraft, currently in orbit around Jupiter, will soon be making a close flyby of one of the planet’s most dramatic moons, Io.On Saturday, December 30, Juno will come within ...

Dec. 28 (UPI) --NASA's Juno spacecraft is preparing for a close flyby of Jupiter's moon Io, which scientists hope will lend insight into the structure of the volcanically active moon. Juno is ...

In the latest of more than 50 flybys, NASA's Juno spacecraft is slated to pass Jupiter's volcanic moon Io on Tuesday. The agency said this will be the closest flyby to date.

Now in the third year of its extended mission, with its primary mission having ended in July 2021, Juno will make another close flyby of Io on Feb. 3, 2024, when it comes to within around 930 ...

Dec. 30: NASA’s Juno spacecraft will complete a close flyby of Io Share full article An artist’s concept of the NASA Juno spacecraft over the north pole of Jupiter.

The north polar region of Jupiter’s volcanic moon Io was captured by NASA’s Juno during the spacecraft’s 57th close pass of the gas giant on Dec. 30, 2023.

A NASA spacecraft currently orbiting Jupiter has sent back an exciting new batch of close-up images of its moon Io. Io, the most volcanic place in the entire solar system, was imaged five times by ...

After the close Io pass on Feb. 3, the spacecraft will fly by Io every other orbit, with each orbit growing progressively more distant: The first will be at an altitude of about 10,250 miles ...

In February, Juno will make another extremely close flyby, again at around 1500 kilometres above Io’s surface. Juno is scheduled to de-orbit into Jupiter towards the end of 2025, after flying by ...

NASA's robotic Juno spacecraft is delivering the fresh data on Io with a series of flybys, each getting closer to Jupiter's volcanic moon until a pair of close-up encounters at a range of less ...

Getting the spacecraft to pass so close to the moon while keeping it safe requires tremendous coordination. The maneuvers required to get close to Europa will change Juno’s orbit around Jupiter ...