NASA's Juno Shares First Image From Flyby of Jupiter's Moon Europa
The first picture NASA's Juno spacecraft took as it flew by Jupiter's ice-encrusted moon Europa has arrived on Earth. Revealing surface features in a region near the moon's equator called Annwn Regio, the image was captured during the solar-powered spacecraft's closest approach, on Thursday, Sept. 29, at 2:36 a.m. PDT (5:36 a.m. EDT), at a distance of about 219 miles (352 kilometers).
Image data: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SWRI/MSSS
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NASA's Juno Shares First Image From Flyby of Jupiter's Moon Europa
The first picture NASA's Juno spacecraft took as it flew by Jupiter's ice-encrusted moon Europa has arrived on Earth. Revealing surface features in a region near the moon's equator called Annwn Regio, the image was captured during the solar-powered spacecraft's closest approach, on Thursday, Sept. 29, at 2:36 a.m. PDT (5:36 a.m. EDT), at a distance of about 219 miles (352 kilometers).
Image data: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SWRI/MSSS
#NASA #MarshallSpaceFlightCenter #MSFC #Marshall #jpl #jetpropulsionlaboratory #nasamarshall #juno #nasajuno #europa