Overall, NASA’s Juno spacecraft in orbit of Jupiter is in good health and good condition as the probe heads toward its two-Earth year anniversary in orbit of the giant planet this July. The spacecraft’s good health was a good sign ahead of NASA’s decision of whether to end the mission this summer or extend it, a decision that was largely understood to be related to how the spacecraft holds up to Jupiter’s intense radiation field. On June 7, the decision was taken to extend the mission.
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