CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -The Juno spacecraft, which entered orbit around Jupiter on July 4, 2016, is the first explorer to peer below the planet’s dense clouds to answer questions about the gas giant itself and the origins of our solar system.

Detailed explanation-2: -In Depth: Galileo Jupiter Atmospheric Probe NASA’s Galileo mission to Jupiter – one of the agency’s most ambitious deep space missions –carried a 743-pound (337-kilogram) probe designed to return data as it entered the Jovian atmosphere by parachute.

Detailed explanation-3: -Launched in March 1972, Pioneer 10 was the first spacecraft to visit Jupiter when it flew by the gas giant in December 1973 on its way to the farthest regions of the Solar System.