News Archive / Tagged: JunoCam

• Latest Juno image shows Jupiter’s cloud tops in intricate detail

  Laurel KornfeldApril 10th, 2018

  Among the most recent JunoCam images released by NASA is an intricate, color-enhanced photo of Jupiter's cloud tops taken April 1, 2018, that has the appearance of a watercolor painting.

• Juno spacecraft captures stunning images of Jupiter’s cloud tops, storms

  Laurel KornfeldJanuary 23rd, 2018

  During its recent close flybys of Jupiter, NASA's Juno spacecraft captured incredible images of the giant planet's cloud tops, storms, and atmosphere that some have compared to Vincent Van Gogh's famous "Starry Night" painting.

• Juno heads for 5th flyby of Jupiter’s cloud tops

  Laurel KornfeldMarch 26th, 2017

  Less than nine months after entering orbit around Jupiter, NASA's Juno spacecraft is set to conduct its fifth close flyby of the giant planet's cloud tops on Monday, March 27, 2017.

• Juno completes 3rd orbit, captures ‘pearl’

  Derek RichardsonDecember 14th, 2016

  Streaking by at about 129,000 mph (57.8 kilometers per second), NASA’s Juno spacecraft completed its third flyby some 2,580 miles (4,150 kilometers) over Jupiter's cloud tops. The close approach occurred at 12:04 a.m. EST (17:04 GMT) Dec. 11, 2016.

• Juno spacecraft goes into safe mode prior to flyby

  Jim SharkeyOctober 20th, 2016

  NASA's Juno spacecraft entered safe mode on Tuesday, Oct. 18, 10:47 p.m. PDT (Oct. 19 at 1:47 a.m. EDT / 05:47 GMT). For reasons that aren't fully known yet, a software performance monitor induced a reboot of the spacecraft's onboard computer. Juno restarted successfully and is healthy.

• NASA’s Juno spacecraft captures images of Jupiter’s poles

  Jim SharkeySeptember 4th, 2016

  On Friday, Sept. 2, NASA released the first images from the Juno spacecraft's close approach of Jupiter, which occurred on Aug. 27. The images include first-ever views of Jupiter's north pole showing storms and weather systems unlike any seen before on any of the Solar System's other gas-giant planets.

• Juno spacecraft sends first in-orbit view of Jupiter

  Jim SharkeyJuly 16th, 2016

  NASA recently released the first view of Jupiter taken by the Juno spacecraft since its July 4 arrival at the giant planet. JunoCam, the spacecraft's visible light camera, was turned on six days after Juno executed a 35-minute engine burn to place the vehicle in orbit around Jupiter. Juno will be in a position to take high-resolution images of Jupiter in late August.