Talk:Juno (spacecraft)

JIRAM mirror is stuck?

Astronomy professor Jason Perry at LCC, one of the scientists who are working with Juno data (specifically the JIRAM instrument) has mentioned yesterday – in passing – that the instrument's mirror is stuck. I cannot find anything about this in either the present article, or in Jovian Infrared Auroral Mapper. A quick Google search also yields nothing. If the instrument is indeed damaged, I think that should be mentioned in the article!

References

Renerpho (talk) 18:03, 14 November 2023 (UTC)

A similar question was asked here by a different user in January 2022, but that question was archived before being answered. Renerpho (talk) 18:06, 14 November 2023 (UTC)

Thebe flyby

Were any pictures taken? Double sharp (talk) 12:53, 19 March 2025 (UTC)

End of mission

Do we have any proper information regarding the end of mission? There is a bunch of information claiming end of September 2025, but there is no specific recent information on this.

With Juno, however, the evolution of its flight path in the extended mission meant that it no longer posed a risk to contaminate these ocean worlds, now beyond its reach. The spacecraft will continue its exploration of Jupiter, its ring system, and moons through September 2025. Then Juno’s orbit will degrade naturally, and Jupiter’s gravity will pull the spacecraft in to be consumed in the atmosphere.

I assume with the difficult space science funding situation in the US right now, the situation might be rather unclear, and the lack of communication might be related to hopes of a delayed mission extension. But I do not find any sources corraborating this hypothesis. -- MGChecker (talk) 13:58, 29 September 2025 (UTC)

Juno team member here. The spacecraft continues to operate, and another perijove occurred in October with more upcoming. There is no decision yet on a second mission extension, but the spacecraft operations are stable enough that the spacecraft is being run as usual "until a later decision comes down." But that lack of certainty also means a lack of explicit sources on Juno's status. Dralwik|^{Have a Chat} 15:34, 11 November 2025 (UTC)

Since the space probe is running as usual, are there going to be any scientific observation? Jonathan Chone (talk) 09:19, 15 December 2025 (UTC)

Extended mission review

@Jonathan Chone: I reverted your attempt to resolve the citation needed tag I added to the lede section, in Special:Diff/1327613823. The problem is that that reference is from April 2025, when the plan still was that Juno's mission would be extended the usual way in September/October 2025. A lot has happened since then, due to the government shutdown mostly, and that source unfortunately does not establish that a review is taking place at this time. We need a source that was published after the recent events. Renerpho (talk) 08:21, 15 December 2025 (UTC)

I've removed that sentence from the lede. There just aren't any news about the status of the spacecraft, so even if this happens to be true, it's little more than gossip. We'll get to know what happens to Juno eventually. Until then, noting that it's operational and in contact with Earth as of the time of the source is all we can be sure of. Renerpho (talk) 05:48, 18 December 2025 (UTC)