Journey to a Giant World: Launch Shots of the Juno Mission to Jupiter [Slide Show]

Monday, August 15, 2011 - 16:00 in Astronomy & Space

NASA launched its Juno probe on August 5 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The mission will be a meeting of mythological mates , as Juno is named after the queen of the Roman mythological gods and has been sent to enter orbit around the planet named after Juno's husband Jupiter. [More]

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