The Juno spacecraft entered the orbit of Jupiter on July 4th, 2016 after a 5 year journey. The first image of Jupiter and its 3 moons was taken on July 10th using the JunoCam optical imager.

Juno's payload includes instruments such as the IR spectrometer and a 6 wavelength radiometer for atmospheric sounding and composition.

More information on Juno's payload may be found here: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/juno/spacecraft/index.html

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