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NASA’s Juno Spacecraft in Orbit around Mighty Jupiter, what’s next?

This illustration depicts NASA's Juno spacecraft successfully entering Jupiter's orbit. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

This illustration depicts NASA’s Juno spacecraft successfully entering Jupiter’s orbit. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

After an almost 5-year journey, NASA’s Juno spacecraft successfully entered Jupiter’s orbit during a 35-minute engine burn. With its suite of 9 science instruments, Juno will investigate the existence of a solid planetary core, map Jupiter’s intense magnetic field, measure the amount of water and ammonia in the deep atmosphere, and observe the planet’s auroras. Confirmation of a successful orbit insertion was received from Juno tracking data monitored at JPL, CA and Lockheed Martin Juno operations center in Denver. The telemetry and tracking data were received by NASA’s Deep Space Network antennas in Goldstone, California, and Canberra, Australia.

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