While NASA has certainly had great success with its Juno spacecraft – even seeing the plucky probe propel itself into the record books as the most distant solar-powered spacecraft ever flown – the mission has not been without its issues. In mid-October of last year, two stubborn helium check valves prevented the probe from entering a closer orbit to the object of its attention – Jupiter. Then, later that month, the craft dipped in and out of safe mode. Because of these hiccups, NASA has just announced that they will be abandoning the maneuver to put the probe into a closer orbit, deeming it too risky.
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