Due to concerns about engine, Juno to remain in elongated Jupiter orbit

NASA’s Juno mission has observed mineral salts and organic compounds on the surface of Jupiter’s moon Ganymede. Data for this discovery was collected by the Jovian InfraRed Auroral Mapper (JIRAM) spectrometer aboard the spacecraft during a close flyby of the icy moon. The findings, which could help scientists better understand the origin of Ganymede and the composition of its deep ocean, were published on Oct. 30 in the journal Nature Astronomy.
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https://www.nasa.gov/missions/juno/salts-and-organics-observed-on-ganymedes-surface-by-nasas-juno/
 
Those images of Io are truly spectacular Flyaway. I would think that the Voyager 1 images will be out of date by now since the length of time since the Voyager 1 flyby back in the 1980s, to think that it is over forty years since the flyby of Jupiter, how time flies.
 
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Friends: the latest photo of Jupiter's moon Io, the most volcanically active body in our solar system! It is the closest moon to Jupiter and is one of four Galilean moons (these are the four moons you'll typically see in telescopes). Its surface is speckled with lava lakes and…
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... And I move that Io be renamed Ferret Face.
 
In an interview with Ars, Bolton suggested the radiation issue creates another opportunity for NASA to learn from the Juno mission. Ground teams are attempting to repair the JunoCam imager through annealing, a self-healing process that involves heating the instrument's electronics and then allowing them to cool. Engineers sparingly tried annealing hardware space, so Juno's experience could be instructive for future missions.
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https://arstechnica.com/space/2025/...-americas-primacy-exploring-the-solar-system/
 
Expect this to be the first of many as the shut down continues. The fact that this just happens to align with the goals of the administration for closing down most NASA science missions I'm sure is entirely coincidental. It also may now crash into one of Jupiters moons eventually, when in fact it’s proper planned end was disposal into Jupiter itself I believe to avoid contaminating the moons.

Today at Space.com:

NASA's Juno probe orbiting Jupiter may have come to an end, but no one can confirm

In an email shared with Space.com, NASA Planetary Science Division Media Lead Molly Wasser referenced Juno's 2021 extension saying the "mission was extended to September of 2025. This is the most recent update. Regarding the future of the mission, NASA will abide by the law."

Due to the government shutdown, NASA is currently unable to say whether Juno is still operating or already powered down.
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JUNO at Jupiter is still alive!! 〰️️@NASAJuno
Just received it's X-Band transmitter (carrier only) at 781 Million kilometer distance with the Bochum 20m antenna. The first extended mission began in August 2021 and ended September 2025. There might be an second extended mission (EM2) starting in October 2025 according to
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Article: https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU25/EGU25-5184.html

https://twitter.com/x/status/1975505962652807196
View: https://x.com/amsatdl/status/1975505962652807196
 
Once the Juno probe has completed its extended mission if there's still enough propellant left I'd like to see it boosted into a heliocentric orbit from its apojove.
 

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