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The story of exploration continues to unfold right now!
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After revealing a trove of details about Jupiter's moons Ganymede and Europa, our #JunoMission is setting its sights on Io. At this moment, the spacecraft is approaching the volcanic moon – with much closer passes yet to come. What we're learning so far: missionjuno.swri.edu/news/nasa-s-ju
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Animation of the Juno spacecraft rotating in space near Io. The moon's mottled, yellow surface is partially illuminated in a crescent phase. The spacecraft has three large solar arrays radiating from its central body in a fan-like pattern.
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One of the planets we study the most? Our own:
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From one ocean world to another: Go SWOT!💧 Our spacecraft will use radar to study the ocean inside Jupiter's moon Europa. Radar on NASA's SWOT spacecraft will be #TrackingWorldWater on Earth, helping communities monitor and plan for changing resources: swot.jpl.nasa.gov
The international Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) satellite is shown in orbit over Earth in this illustration, with sunlight glinting off one of its solar arrays and both antennas of its Ka-band Radar Interferometer (KaRIn) instrument extended. Mounted at the ends of a boom 33 feet (10 meters) long, the antennas will collect data along a swath 30 miles (50 kilometers) wide on either side of the satellite.
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