Odd Camera Problem on NASA Juno Spacecraft Messing With Jupiter Images

But JunoCam now has a mysterious problem.

The issue worsened on the most recent flyby, persisting for 23 hours and leaving 214 images unusable.

As it had before, the camera recovered and eventually captured 44 usable images.

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The Juno team is now in analysis mode.

JunoCam was included in the mission for public engagement purposes.

NASA makes the raw images available to anyone for processing.

Juno’s next pass of Jupiter is scheduled for March 1.

NASA has a good track record of troubleshooting glitches on its distant space missions.

Here’s hoping JunoCam recovers fully and continues to wow space fans with its unique perspective on Jupiter.