--- title: Jupiter: NASA Juno Mission Releases First In-Orbit Photo description: NASA's Juno Mission just returned its first in-orbit photo of Jupiter and three of its major moons. canonical: https://time.com/4403962/nasa-jupiter-juno-mission-photo/ author: Casey Quackenbush article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-07-13T14:44:57.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T23:12:58.998Z article:section: Science og:title: See the First In-Orbit Photo of Jupiter From NASA's Juno Mission og:description: You can see Jupiter and three of its major moons og:url: https://time.com/4403962/nasa-jupiter-juno-mission-photo/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta7d17f89b34247ae/69889bbc524fc0075cdf8b51/juno-jupiter-orbit.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: juno-jupiter-orbit og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: See the First In-Orbit Photo of Jupiter From NASA's Juno Mission twitter:description: You can see Jupiter and three of its major moons twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta7d17f89b34247ae/69889bbc524fc0075cdf8b51/juno-jupiter-orbit.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # See the First In-Orbit Photo of Jupiter From NASA's Juno Mission by [Casey Quackenbush](/author/casey-quackenbush/) ## Casey Quackenbush Jul 13, 2016 2:44 PM CUT  This color view from NASA's Juno spacecraft is made from some of the first images taken by JunoCam after the spacecraft entered orbit around Jupiter on July 5, 2016. This color view from NASA's Juno spacecraft is made from some of the first images taken by JunoCam after the spacecraft entered orbit around Jupiter on July 5, 2016.NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS by [Casey Quackenbush](/author/casey-quackenbush/) ## Casey Quackenbush Jul 13, 2016 2:44 PM CUT NASA’s [Juno mission](http://time.com/4393292/jupiter-juno-moons-video/?iid=sr-link1 "undefined") just returned its first in-orbit photo of Jupiter since its arrival on July 4. Taken 2.7 million miles (4.3 million km) from Jupiter, the photo depicts a sunlit Jupiter along with three of its four major satellites, Io, Europa and Ganymede, NASA said in a [statement](https://www.nasa.gov/feature/jpl/nasa-s-juno-spacecraft-sends-first-in-orbit-view "undefined"). Aside from providing a stunning view of the gas giant, the photo also shows the research team that the space equipment survived the extreme radiation of the environment. The first high-resolution images of the planet are still a few weeks away, however, and will be taken on the spacecraft’s next close pass of Jupiter on Aug. 27. > [](https://twitter.com/NASAJuno/status/753001106498850816) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4403962/nasa-jupiter-juno-mission-photo/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4403962/nasa-jupiter-juno-mission-photo/"},"headline":"See the First In-Orbit Photo of Jupiter From NASA's Juno Mission","datePublished":"2016-07-13T14:44:57.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T23:12:58.998Z","description":"The spaceship will send even more photos in August","url":"https://time.com/4403962/nasa-jupiter-juno-mission-photo/","keywords":["Space","NASA","jupiter"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta7d17f89b34247ae/69889bbc524fc0075cdf8b51/juno-jupiter-orbit.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Casey Quackenbush","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/casey-quackenbush/"}],"articleSection":"Science","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta7d17f89b34247ae/69889bbc524fc0075cdf8b51/juno-jupiter-orbit.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"juno-jupiter-orbit","caption":"This color view from NASA's Juno spacecraft is made from some of the first images taken by JunoCam after the spacecraft entered orbit around Jupiter on July 5, 2016.","creditText":"NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/science/","name":"Science"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/space/","name":"Space"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4403962/nasa-jupiter-juno-mission-photo/","name":"See the First In-Orbit Photo of Jupiter From NASA's Juno Mission"}}]}] ```