NASA's Juno Probe Sidelined Just Before Jupiter Flyby
Wednesday, October 19, 2016 - 16:41
in Astronomy & Space
Juno went into a protective "safe mode" at 1:47 a.m. EDT (0547 GMT) this morning (Oct. 19), preventing the spacecraft from gathering any data during today's highly anticipated second close flyby of the solar system's largest planet, NASA officials said.