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Juno (spacecraft)

The Juno mission is a space probe orbiting the planet Jupiter. It was built by Lockheed Martin and is operated by NASA. The spacecraft was launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on August 5, 2011 UTC, as part of the New Frontiers program. Juno is in a polar orbit to study Jupiter's composition, gravity field, magnetic field, and polar magnetosphere. Juno will also search for clues in the planet's origins. These include the amount of water and ammonia in the deep atmosphere, observe the planet's auroras and study Jupiter's turbulent deep atmosphere and how its dynamics work. Juno is named for the Roman goddess Jupiter's wife, who could see through the clouds that her husband, Jupiter, used to hide his wrongdoings. The mission is led by the principal investigator, Scott Bolton, from the Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio, Texas. The translation of "Juno" to Hebrew is יונו (Yuno). In Spanish, it is Juno; in French, it is Juno; in German, it is Juno; in Italian, it is Giunone; and in Japanese, it is ジュノー (Junō).

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Juno (spacecraft)
Second NASA orbiter mission to Jupiter (2011–Present)
Juno (spacecraft)
Juno is a NASA space probe orbiting the planet Jupiter. Built by Lockheed Martin and operated by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, the spacecraft was launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on August 5, 2011 UTC, as part of the New Frontiers program. Juno entered a polar orbit of Jupiter on July 5, 2016, UTC, to begin a scientific investigation of the planet. After completing its mission, Juno was originally planned to be intentionally deorbited into Jupiter's atmosphere, but has since been approved to continue orbiting until contact is lost with the spacecraft, but it is scheduled to be shut down per the FY2026 budget proposed by the second Donald Trump administration. However, if Juno mission receives a third mission extension, it will continue to explore Jupiter for another three years to study Jovian rings and inner moons area which is not well explored; this phase will also include close flybys of the moons Thebe, Amalthea, Adrastea, and Metis.
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