Monday, October 21, 2013

Juno Update...

An image of Earth's Moon taken by NASA's Juno spacecraft as it flew past our planet for a gravity assist maneuver to Jupiter, on October 9, 2013.
NASA / JPL - Caltech / Malin Space Science Systems / Adam Hurcewicz

Check out this cool photo of Earth that NASA's Jupiter-bound Juno spacecraft took as it flew within 350 miles of our planet for a gravity assist maneuver on October 9. The image of the Moon above was also taken by Juno, but the pic below is a nice preview of how Jupiter will look once the spacecraft's "JunoCam" begins taking snapshots of the gas giant after Juno arrives there on July 4, 2016. Can't wait for that Independence Day!

An image of Earth taken by NASA's Juno spacecraft as it flew past our planet for a gravity assist maneuver to Jupiter, on October 9, 2013.
NASA / JPL - Caltech / Malin Space Science Systems / Gerald - UnmannedSpaceFlight.com
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