Live coverage: NASA’s Juno spacecraft arrives at Jupiter

One of the largest objects in the Asteroid Belt, (3) Juno, comes to opposition on 2 April, when it lies directly opposite the Sun as seen from Earth, and is at its brightest – albeit still only visible through telescopes.

Mars and Jupiter lie less than a degree apart on the mornings of 14th and 15th August, providing a great spectacle for both visual observers and imagers.

After walking away from a previously planned joint mission to Jupiter, NASA has asked the European Space Agency if it can furnish a lander or ice-penetrating probe for a rejuvenated U.S.-led robotic spacecraft to visit Jupiter’s moon Europa.