The Google Doodle for July 5 announces that NASA's Juno spacecraft is now in orbit around Jupiter! Juno began its journey on August 5, 2011 and arrived right on time on July 4, 2016!
Read all about it a NASA's Juno Mission page. Below is a brief mission video from NASA. JOI!
Fun Fact - Three LEGO figurines representing the Roman god Jupiter, his wife Juno and Galileo Galilei are aboard the Juno spacecraft! See here also! HA! |
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