Juno Jupiter probe flies close to Earth

The Juno probe of the US Space and Aeronautics Agency (NASA) on October 9 flew 559km from Earth, to then speed up towards the plane to Jupiter for the mission to explore this mysterious planet.

>>>Juno spacecraft completes halfway to Jupiter

Thanks to the gravity of the flight near the globe, the Juno, launched on August 5, 2011, will achieve speeds of more than 250,000 km / h, making it the fastest flying man-made object. in space, according to RIA Novosti.

Juno probe - (Photo: astrobob.areavoices.com)

Upon arriving in Jupiter, scheduled for July 4, 2016, the Juno ship will fly around the orbit of this giant planet 33 times, to learn from the school, to see if there is water on Jupiter and whether to pay it. words of its origin.

Reportedly, the Juno ship program, worth $ 1.1 billion, will bring this solar exploration ship to the orbiting Jupiter closer than ever.

Before the Juno train, many other probes had flown or reached Jupiter's orbit and sent many images and data to the planet, including NASA's Galileo ship to Jupiter orbit in 1995 and End the mission after plunging into the largest solar system in 2003.

The Juno train flight is also the second mission of NASA's New Frontiers program. In the previous mission, the New Horizons probe was launched into space in 2006 to explore Pluto and is expected to arrive in 2015.