Juno sent back its first images the other day.

[sprite75]

Science time...

After a five-year journey, NASA's Juno spacecraft arrived at Jupiter on July 4, and now we have the first image from the encounter.

The image was taken when Juno was about 2.7 million miles away from the planet, and you can see Jupiter's Great Red Spot and three of its largest moons:

And of course I hope this is in the not too distant future...

[RCMerchant]

5 years huh?

http://youtu.be/zM3cPMINXho