NASA's Juno spacecraft has reached the closest point in 20 years to the glowing icy moon Europa, which orbits Jupiter. On Thursday, Juno managed to approach 357 km from Europe. Who believes that there is an ocean flowing under its thick frozen crust, which increases the possibility of life underwater.
Scientists hope to get lucky and spot potential water plumes that may flow from the surface of Europa, which is about the size of Earth's moon. John Purdy, assistant mission manager at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, predicted. That the spacecraft is traveling at a "relatively high speed" of 123.6 kilometers per second.
NASA said that relevant images should be available by Friday... The former "Galileo" spacecraft of "NASA" still holds the record for approaching the moon "Europe" at 351 km, set in 2000.
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