Planet Jupiter
through the lens of
James Webb Space Telescope
& Jupiter Orbiters
as seen by Lin Hsin Hsin, 1986
NASA Galileo Spacecraft
🛰 1995 Dec
started orbiting Jupiter
🛰 1997 Dec
The primary mission was completed
It was extended three times
NASA Juno Spacecraft
🛰 2011 Aug 5
Launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station aboard an Atlas V 551 rocket
🛰 2016 Jul 5
Juno arrived at Planet Jupiter
after a 5-year journey covering ≈ 2.832368 billion kilometers
It is the 2nd spacecraft to orbit Jupiter
It is the 1st to achieve a polar orbit around the planet
YES
NASA OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft
🚀 2016 Sep 8
NASA OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft
was launched from the SAME Atlas V 551 rocket
from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station
Therein, 3 of Lin's artworks were etched on chip
liftoff to Asteroid Bennu
🚀 2023 Sep 24
OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft was renamed as OSIRIS-APEX
CURRENTLY orbiting in the universe on its way to Asteroid Apophis
🚀 2029 Apr 13
It will journey back on Planet Earth