The decision will allow Juno to accomplish its science goals, while avoiding the risk of a previously-planned engine firing that would have reduced the probe’s orbital period to 14 days

The decision will allow Juno to accomplish its science goals, while avoiding the risk of a previously-planned engine firing that would have reduced the probe’s orbital period to 14 days
This is the first of 36 orbital flybys of the gas giant
The NASA spacecraft will get closer to the cloud tops of the gas giant than at any other time during its prime mission