NASA’s Juno Hours From Gas Giant Jupiter

Monday, July 4, 2016 - 18:01 in Astronomy & Space

MISSION STATUS REPORT After almost five years and 1.7 billion million miles (2.7 billion kilometers), NASA’s Juno mission is about to enter into orbit around the biggest planetary inhabitant in our solar system — Jupiter. Approaching the massive planet from above, Juno will be within 300,000 miles of Jupiter by 2:14 p.m. PDT (5:14 p.m. […]

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