There it is then: Juno sends first pictures of Jupiter

On the footage you can see some of Jupiter and three of its four largest moons: Io, Europa and Ganymede. In August, closer to the probe in order to take better pictures.

Pleased with photo

A NASA principal investigator is pleased that the equipment on board the probe survived the trip. He says not to wait for images of the poles of Jupiter.

The Juno was launched in 2011 and arrived last week in orbit around Jupiter, after a journey of three billion kilometers. The probe should include mapping the atmosphere of the planet. Scientists want to know how much Jupiter, for example water.

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