A NASA Spacecraft Just Had A Close Encounter With A Volcanic Moon—See The Stunning First Image

NASA’s spacecraft Juno just had a super-close encounter with the most volcanic world in the solar system—but its stunning first image could be among its last after 56 orbits of Jupiter.

On December 30, the bus-sized spacecraft—orbiting Jupiter since 2016—got very close to Io, the giant moon of Jupiter. It reached a mere 930 miles (1,500…

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News Source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamiecartereurope/2023/12/30/a-nasa-spacecraft-just-had-a-close-encounter-with-a-volcanic-moon-see-the-stunning-first-image/amp/