From left to right: The mosaic and geologic maps of Jupiter’s moon Ganymede were assembled incorporating the best available imagery from NASA’s Voyager 1 and 2 spacecraft and NASA’s Galileo spacecraft. Credits: USGS Astrogeology Science Center/Wheaton/NASA/JPL-Caltech.
The first of the gas-giant orbiter’s back-to-back flybys will provide a close encounter with the massive moon after over 20 years.
On Monday, June 7, at 10:35 a.m. Pacific Time, NASA’s Juno spacecraft will come within 645 miles of the surface of Jupiter’s largest moon, Ganymede.
The flyby will be the closest a spacecraft has come to the solar system’s largest natural satellite since NASA’s Galileo spacecraft made its penultimate close approach back on May 20, 2000.
Spacecraft Juno to make closest flyby to Jupiterâs largest moon, Ganymede The flyby will be the closest-known since NASA s Galileo spacecraft made its penultimate close approach back on May 20, 2000.
Washington: NASA s Juno spacecraft will come within 645 miles (1,038 kilometres) of the surface of Jupiter s largest moon, Ganymede on June 7, the US space agency said on Friday.
The solar-powered Juno spacecraft will fly past Ganymede at 1:35 p.m. EDT (10:35 a.m. PDT). The flyby will be the closest-known since NASA s Galileo spacecraft made its penultimate close approach back on May 20, 2000.
The flyby will yield striking insights into the moon s composition, ionosphere, magnetosphere, and ice shell. Juno s measurements of the radiation environment near the moon will also benefit future missions to the Jovian system encompassing Jupiter, its rings and moons, NASA said.
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