The 10,000-mile-wide storm that's likely been raging for centuries in Jupiter's atmosphere is past due for its close-up. But the Great Red Spot's time has finally come. NASA's Ju** mission will fly just 5,600 miles above the planet's raging storm on July 10, giving humanity its first view of the Spot from (comparatively) close range.*
"Jupiter's mysterious Great Red Spot is probably the best-k**wn feature of Jupiter," Scott Bolton, Ju**'s principal investigator, said in a statement.* Read more...