Experience
Ju**'s final approach to
Jupiter through the
spacecraft's own eyes
PASADENA, Calif. —
Jupiter is getting ready for its closeup.
NASA's Ju** spacecraft has been speeding
through the solar system for five years in the hopes of making it into
orbit around Jupiter Monday night.*
A new photo and video NASA released just hours before the big event show the basketball court-sized spacecraft closing in on the huge planet.
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We're about to get our closest-ever look at Jupiter
Ju**'s newest photo shows
Jupiter and its four Galilean moons — Europa, Io, Callisto and Ganymede — as seen by the
spacecraft's Ju**Cam instrument on June 29, when the probe was 3.3 million miles from Jupiter.
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