When NASA launches its Juno spacecraft on a five-year trip to Jupiter late this morning, the spacecraft will be using Kodak imaging technology.
The spacecraft will use a camera called JunoCam to photograph the planet during Juno's orbit of Jupiter. JunoCam will make use of the Kodak KAI-2020 image sensor, which can capture images at up to 3km per pixel, providing unprecedented detail of Jupiter's cloud tops.
The Juno flight will mark the 11th time NASA has used a Kodak image sensor in a spaceflight. Juno will arrive at Jupiter in 2016.
Artist's depiction of Juno's orbit around Jupiter, courtesy NASA/JPL-Caltech
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