NASA’s Juno spacecraft may be in orbit around Jupiter, but it’s going to be a while before the vehicle photographs its first up-close images of the gas giant. The probe’s instruments were all powered down for orbital insertion yesterday, and they won’t be turned back on for a couple of days. Plus, Juno is in a highly elliptical 53-day orbit around Jupiter, where it only spends a few hours super close to the planet. Right now, the spacecraft is sailing farther and farther away from Jupiter on its orbit, and it won’t be close to the planet again until August 27th.
Watch an epic time-lapse video of Jupiter's moons orbiting around the planet
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