NASA’s Juno Spacecraft Buzzes Jupiter’s Mega Moon, First Close-Up in Years

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.—NASA’s Juno spacecraft has provided the first close-ups of Jupiter’s largest moon in two decades.

Juno zoomed past icy Ganymede on June 7, passing within 645 miles (1,038 kilometers). The last time a spacecraft came that close was in 2000 when NASA’s Galileo spacecraft swept past our solar system’s biggest moon.