Juno is scheduled for a second close flyby of Io on February 3, in which the spacecraft will come within a distance of 930 miles (1,500 kilometers) from the moon’s surface.

An image of Io taken by Juno on Dec. 30. NASA / SwRI / MSSS The spacecraft will fly past Io again on February 3, coming again within 930 miles of the moon's surface.

JIRAM and Juno's other instruments are no strangers to Io's fiery temper. Even before the last flyby of the volcanic moon on May 16, JIRAM, for instance, had been able to see hot spots across the ...

Researchers still have much to study on Io, particularly when it comes to Juno's infrared imagery. "We are just starting to wade into the JIRAM results from the close flybys of Io in December 2023 ...

That mission also extends to Jupiter's rings and many moons. In December, Juno came within about 930 miles of Io's surface – equal the distance from New York City to Orlando, Florida.

The Juno spacecraft ended 2023 with a close flyby of Jupiter’s moon Io, which could be 100 times more volcanic than Earth. By Laura Baisas Published Jan 2, 2024 11:00 AM EST Get the Popular ...

Juno will complete another close flyby of Io on February 3, 2024, which will allow scientists to compare changes on the surface of the hellish moon to see how the surface might be evolving over ...

NASA’s Juno spacecraft recently made a close flyby of the solar system’s most volcanic body, the Jovian moon of Io. During the flyby, the spacecraft came within 1,000 miles of Io, which is the ...

Io, slightly larger than Earth's Moon, will get the most sustained look from Juno, which started long-distance observations of the volcanic moon last year. In May, Juno flew less than 22,000 miles ...

This JunoCam image of the Jovian moon Io was collected during Juno’s flyby of the moon March 1, 2023. At the time of closest approach, Juno was about 32,000 miles (51,500 kilometers) away from Io.

Much of this data was collected during Juno’s most recent flyby of Io on April 9, when it came within 3 and 4.3 miles (5 and 7 kilometers). Its trajectory will continue to take it on flybys of ...

As part of a research plan submitted by Scott Bolton, Juno's principal investigator, the spacecraft will fly to within 1,000km of the surface of Ganymede this summer to within 320km of Europa in ...