Juno arrived at Jupiter five years later and explored Jupiter and its orbit. NASA chose the mission in 2005. They originally planned to launch Juno in 2009. However, the plan was postponed due to budget constraints. Juno finally took off six years after selection and finally arrived in Jupiter’s orbit on July 4, 2016.
Probe is one of the three missions of New Frontiers NASA which is one of eight other spacecraft to have visited the Jovian neighborhood. The Jovians are a group of large planets in the Solar System, about the size of Jupiter.
Ten years since its launch, Juno has been hard at work collecting data and observing the planet. NASA sent it to Jupiter to answer questions about the planet’s water, atmosphere, magnetic and gravitational fields, and more.
In August 2016, just a month after arriving at Jupiter, Juno first discovered the planet’s famous band. The streaks that make them instantly recognizable actually extend deep into Jupiter’s atmosphere.
The probe gave researchers their first look at Jupiter’s rings and revealed how different Jupiter’s auroras are from Earth’s. Juno instantly detected Jupiter’s internal magnetic field.
The discovery is important because it is the first time an internal magnetic field has been detected on an extraterrestrial planet. In addition, Juno has helped scientists find and study shallow lightning and Jupiter’s mushballs or hail balls made of melted ammonia water.
In addition to discoveries and explorations Juno also collects incredible images of the Jovian system. In 2017, the spacecraft took many pictures of the planet’s iconic Great Red Spot.
Reported Space, Friday (6/8), this year, NASA extended the Juno mission to keep the research until September 2025, unless the spacecraft stopped functioning faster.
This extension will allow further investigation of Jupiter and the entire Jovian system. Jupiter has 79 known moons, 53 of which have been named and four of which are the largest known as the Galilean moons.
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