US Space Probe Sends First Picture of Jupiter from Orbit

NASA'S deep space probe Juno has sent back its first image of the planet Jupiter since arriving at the interstellar gas giant. The U.S. space agency released a picture Tuesday showing Jupiter surrounded by three of its four largest moons — Io, Europa and Ganymeade. Juno entered orbit around Jupiter last week after a five-year, 2.8 billion kilometer journey. Ground controllers deliberately kept the probe's camera — dubbed the JunoCam — and other instruments shut...

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