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“I understand the world through music and I believe that music shapes the universe. Mankind has always had a sense of wonder about space, has always been curious. It's something that's implanted in us. It's natural to want to travel and discover. It is, always has been, and is always going to be like this. We are space.” —Vangelis Today, we honor the life of a star of our own. Vangelis created the soundtracks to some of our missions, finding synergy in music and space. One of which was @NASASolarSystem’s Juno mission, pictured here. On June 7, 2021, NASA’s Juno spacecraft flew closer to Jupiter’s ice-encrusted moon Ganymede than any spacecraft in more than two decades. Less than a day later, Juno made its 34th flyby of Jupiter. Explore the fly-by from the point of view as “starship captain.” For both worlds, JunoCam images were orthographically projected onto a digital sphere and used to create the flyby animation. Synthetic frames were added to provide views of approach and departu...

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