Nice Ice

Watch: NASA’s Juno mission flies by Jupiter and Ganymede

It’s the closest a spacecraft has gotten to the icy moon in 20 years.

by Jennifer Walter
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NASA via Giphy

In June, NASA’s Juno spacecraft flew by Jupiter and its moon Ganymede. Its cameras captured the vibrant surface of the gas giant and the icy exterior of its orbiting neighbor.

It takes the spacecraft almost 15 hours to travel between the two bodies — a distance of 735,000 miles.

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