NASA’s Juno Hours From Gas Giant Jupiter
Monday, July 4, 2016 - 18:01
in Astronomy & Space
MISSION STATUS REPORT After almost five years and 1.7 billion million miles (2.7 billion kilometers), NASA’s Juno mission is about to enter into orbit around the biggest planetary inhabitant in our solar system — Jupiter. Approaching the massive planet from above, Juno will be within 300,000 miles of Jupiter by 2:14 p.m. PDT (5:14 p.m. […]