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Juno Program

NASA’s Juno mission is a solar-powered Jupiter orbiter that investigates the planet’s origin and evolution, interior structure, atmosphere, magnetosphere, and auroras. Launched on August 5, 2011, Juno entered Jupiter orbit on July 4, 2016, and continues in an extended mission phase as part of NASA’s New Frontiers Program.

Juno Program
NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS — Juno Closes in on Jupiter (PIA20706) · NASA's current Images and Media Usage Guidelines state that NASA content is generally not subject to U.S. copyright and may be used factually for editorial or informational purposes, subject to the stated restrictions, credit, and no implied endorsement. The official Juno resource credits NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS; those credits are preserved here. This unmodified mission image contains no identifiable person or NASA logo and is used only for factual identification of the Juno Program, without endorsement or affiliation. · Source

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JunoJuno MissionNASA’s Juno Mission
Domains
spaceflight
Name
Juno Program
Status
active
Types
explorationscienceoperations

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Description
NASA’s Juno mission is a solar-powered Jupiter orbiter that investigates the planet’s origin and evolution, interior structure, atmosphere, magnetosphere, and auroras. Launched on August 5, 2011, Juno entered Jupiter orbit on July 4, 2016, and continues in an extended mission phase as part of NASA’s New Frontiers Program.
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Parent Program
Participants
Start Date
2011

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Creation Time
August 13, 2026 at 12:08:21 UTC
Updated Time
August 23, 2026 at 01:19:14 UTC

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