Iūno

After an almost five-year journey to the solar system’s largest planet, NASA’s Juno spacecraft successfully entered Jupiter’s orbit during a 35-minute engine burn. Confirmation that the burn had completed was received on Earth at 8,53 P.M. PDT (11,53 P.M. EDT) Monday, July 4. [Read more].

• NASA’s Juno Spacecraft in Orbit Around Mighty Jupiter, Release 16-071, NASA.gov, July 5, 2016


This artist’s rendering shows NASA’s Juno spacecraft above the north pole of Jupiter. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech.