[GUEST ACCESS MODE: Data is scrambled or limited to provide examples. Make requests using your API key to unlock full data. Check https://lunarcrush.ai/auth for authentication information.]  Mario Nawfal [@MarioNawfal](/creator/twitter/MarioNawfal) on x 2.3M followers Created: 2025-07-22 23:10:00 UTC 🚨🇺🇸 NASA "HEATS" A CAMERA XXX MILLION KM AWAY... AND IT WORKED The Juno spacecraft’s camera was dying XXX million miles from Earth. So what did NASA do? They microwaved it. On purpose. JunoCam, built for just X orbits, made it past XX before glitching. With no way to send parts (because Jupiter), engineers cooked the internals to 77°F - enough heat to reshuffle damaged silicon like a cosmic spa day. The fix worked. Briefly. Then it glitched again, so they cranked the heat higher before a key flyby of Jupiter’s moon Io in 2023. Imaging returned. For a while. It’s struggling again, but hey - not bad for a camera they expected to die X years ago. When your fix-it strategy in space is “try heating it and pray,” you know you’re out there doing real science. Source: Digital Watch Observatory  XXXXXX engagements  [Post Link](https://x.com/MarioNawfal/status/1947796298465231271)
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Mario Nawfal @MarioNawfal on x 2.3M followers
Created: 2025-07-22 23:10:00 UTC
🚨🇺🇸 NASA "HEATS" A CAMERA XXX MILLION KM AWAY... AND IT WORKED
The Juno spacecraft’s camera was dying XXX million miles from Earth. So what did NASA do?
They microwaved it. On purpose.
JunoCam, built for just X orbits, made it past XX before glitching. With no way to send parts (because Jupiter), engineers cooked the internals to 77°F - enough heat to reshuffle damaged silicon like a cosmic spa day.
The fix worked. Briefly.
Then it glitched again, so they cranked the heat higher before a key flyby of Jupiter’s moon Io in 2023.
Imaging returned. For a while.
It’s struggling again, but hey - not bad for a camera they expected to die X years ago.
When your fix-it strategy in space is “try heating it and pray,” you know you’re out there doing real science.
Source: Digital Watch Observatory
XXXXXX engagements
