By Jove! NASA Probe Arrives at Jupiter After 5-Year Trek

Monday, July 4, 2016 - 23:31 in Astronomy & Space

NASA's robotic Juno probe began circling the solar system's largest planet tonight (July 4), ending a nearly five-year journey through deep space and becoming the first spacecraft to enter Jupiter orbit since NASA's Galileo mission did so in 1995.

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