NASA’s Juno Mission becomes the world’s most distance solar powered emissary

Q.  NASA’s Juno Mission broke the record to become humanity’s most distant ________ powered emissary when the spacecraft reached 793 million km from the Sun.
- Published on 15 Jan 16

a. Wind
b. Solar
c. Thermal
d. None of the above

ANSWER: Solar
 
NASA”s Juno mission to Jupiter on 13th January 2016 broke the record to become the most distant solar powered emissary of humanity. The spacecraft reached 793 million km from the Sun. Previous record holder was ESA’s Rossetta spacecraft. Juno will arrive at Jupiter on July 4th. Over the next year, the spacecraft will orbit the Jovian world a total of 33 times. This skims to within 5,000 km above the planet’s cloud tops every 14 days. Launched in 211, Juno refers to the first world powered spacecraft to operate at massive distances from the Sun.

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