Jupiter, get ready for your close-up: Juno is coming
Friday, August 26, 2016 - 21:11
in Astronomy & Space
Spacecraft don’t get to sleep in on the weekend—and neither do their scientists. On Saturday at 5:51 a.m. Pacific, NASA’s Juno spacecraft will swing within roughly 2,500 miles of Jupiter’s cloud tops, the closest it will get to the gas giant during its planned mission. It will also be the first...