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Wednesday, July 6, 2016

NASA's Juno Mission



Launched five years ago on Aug. 5, 2011, Juno spacecraft arrived on Jupiter's orbit last Monday. After a nearly 2 billion mile journey through the solar system, Juno entered jupiter's orbit getting us the front row view of our solar system's largest planet. It is equipped with three 30-foot-long solar arrays, along with 18,696 individual solar cells. NASA believes that this mission will help to understand the origin,structure and atmosphere of Jupiter. It is supposed to last until 2018.
Visit NASA's twitter account for more info here : https://twitter.com/NASAJuno?ref_src=twsrc^tfw

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