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So in a lot of ways, the most innovative or dramatic thing about Juno is the orbit.

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We're going to orbit Jupiter in a way where we get to go very close to the planet, 
inside the radiation belts instead of outside the radiation belts. 

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We're in a polar orbit, so by small adjustments of the timing, we can map the entire planet. 
We can get repeated stripes at different longitudes as Jupiter spins underneath us. 

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It does mean that Juno is going to see the polar regions to a greater extent than with other spacecraft, but I think the most important thing is that it gets in very close to the planet as part of that ellipse 

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brings it in a few thousand miles above those cloud tops very close near the equator.

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We're going to go over the poles of Jupiter - that means we can study the magnetosphere 
in a different way, where all the magnetic field lines come together, we get to see from Juno.

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This is the first time we're really using passive microwave radiometry in multiple channels to try to study the composition of an atmosphere, especially a giant planet like Jupiter, and that's new and unique.

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But in some ways, the moment unique part of the Juno mission, 
the thing that really makes it stand out, is just the orbit.