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July 12, 2016

Juno Spacecraft Sends First In-orbit View
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jul 13, 2016
The JunoCam camera aboard NASA's Juno mission is operational and sending down data after the spacecraft's July 4 arrival at Jupiter. Juno's visible-light camera was turned on six days after Juno fired its main engine and placed itself into orbit around the largest planetary inhabitant of our solar system. The first high-resolution images of the gas giant Jupiter are still a few weeks away. "This scene from JunoCam indicates it survived its first pass through Jupiter's extreme radiation environment ... read more

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