OTD In Space – August 5: Juno Spacecraft Launches To Jupiter
On Aug. 5, 2011, NASA launched the Juno spacecraft on a mission to study Jupiter, the largest planet in the solar system.
The robotic spacecraft lifted off on an Atlas 5 rocket from Florida's Cape Canaveral Air Force Station and spent the next five years making the 1.74-billion-mile trek to Jupiter. Since it arrived in Jupiter's orbit in 2016, Juno has taken the most amazing photos of Jupiter anyone has ever seen! But it has also taken plenty of scientific measurements to study Jupiter's composition, magnetic fields, weather patterns and more.
The robotic spacecraft lifted off on an Atlas 5 rocket from Florida's Cape Canaveral Air Force Station and spent the next five years making the 1.74-billion-mile trek to Jupiter. Since it arrived in Jupiter's orbit in 2016, Juno has taken the most amazing photos of Jupiter anyone has ever seen! But it has also taken plenty of scientific measurements to study Jupiter's composition, magnetic fields, weather patterns and more.
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00:00On this day in space.
00:03In 2011, NASA launched the Juno spacecraft on a mission to study Jupiter, the largest planet in the solar system.
00:09The robotic spacecraft lifted off on an Atlas V rocket from Florida's Cape Canaveral Air Force Station
00:14and spent the next five years making the 1.74 billion mile trek to Jupiter.
00:19Since it arrived in Jupiter's orbit in 2016, Juno has taken the most amazing photos of Jupiter anyone has ever seen.
00:26But it has also taken plenty of scientific measurements to study Jupiter's composition, magnetic fields, weather patterns, and more.
00:33And that's what happened on this day in space.
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