NASA’s Juno spacecraft flew closer to Jupiter’s ice-encrusted moon Ganymede than any spacecraft in more than two decades, less than a day later, Juno made its 34th flyby of Jupiter. This animation provides a "starship captain" point of view of each flyby.
NASA's Juno spacecraft flew closer to Jupiter’s ice-encrusted moon Ganymede than any spacecraft in more than two decades, less than a day later, Juno made its 34th flyby of Jupiter. This animation provides a "starship captain" point of view of each flyby. pic.twitter.com/SWfJiiWsRj
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For both worlds, JunoCam images were orthographically projected onto a digital sphere and used to create the flyby animation.
Synthetic frames were added to provide views of approach and departure for both Ganymede and Jupiter.
Courtesy: NASA
