We just did the hardest thing Nasa has ever done,” said Scott Bolton, principle investigator of the Juno mission. After a five-year voyage across 1.8bn miles (2.8bn km), Nasa’s Juno spacecraft has reached Jupiter and successfully entered its orbit. “Juno, welcome to Jupiter,” said mission control commentator Jennifer Delavan of Lockheed Martin, which built Juno. — NASA's Juno Mission (@NASAJuno) All rays on me. Named after Jupiter’s cloud-piercing wife in Roman mythology, Juno is only the second mission designed to spend time at Jupiter.

Source: The Guardian July 05, 2016 05:06 UTC