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July 04, 2016

NASA counts down to nail-biter orbit of Jupiter
Miami (AFP) July 4, 2016
A $1.1 billion NASA spacecraft called Juno must dodge debris and extreme radiation Monday as it attempts to orbit Jupiter, on a high-stakes mission to probe the origin of the solar system. Juno is expected to arrive late Monday in the vicinity of the largest planet in our cosmic neighborhood, five years after the unmanned solar-powered observatory launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida. "We are barrelling down on Jupiter really quick," said Scott Bolton, Juno principal investigator from the South ... read more

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