Voyager 2’s flyby of the sideways-rotating Uranus revealed previously unknown rings and moons around the planet. ... such as Jupiter, Saturn and Neptune. ...

Juno launched from Earth in August 2011 and has been in orbit around Jupiter since July 2016. ... Juno’s next close flyby of Jupiter, perijove 73, will occur on June 10, 2025.

Juno is scheduled for an upcoming flyby of Jupiter on May 7, during which it is set to carry out a close approach of the Jovian moon Io at a distance of about 55,300 miles (89,000 kilometers).

On a recent flyby of the gas giant, the NASA spacecraft caught some amazing images of the Jovian South Pole, a feature-rich region sometimes referred to as the Antarctica of Jupiter.

Juno’s trajectory passes by Io every other orbit, flying over the same part of the moon each time. In December 2023, Juno came within about 930 miles of Io's surface – equal the distance from ...

A NASA spacecraft was poised for a one-shot attempt to slip into Jupiter's orbit on Monday for the start of a 20-month-long dance around the solar system's largest planet to learn how and where it ...