NASA Jupiter Probe Sets Distance Record for Solar-Powered Spacecraft

Thursday, January 14, 2016 - 08:31 in Astronomy & Space

On Wednesday (Jan. 13), NASA's Juno spacecraft zoomed past the previous record of 492 million miles (792 million kilometers) from the sun, which was held by the European Space Agency's comet-chasing Rosetta mission, NASA officials said.

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