Sunday 28 August 2011

Solar-powered NASA spacecraft begins five-year trip to Jupiter

A sun-powered robotic explorer named Juno is rocketing toward Jupiter on a quest to discover the secret recipe for making planets.

Hundreds of scientists and their families and friends – among thousands of invited guests – cheered and yelled “Go Juno!” as the unmanned Atlas rocket blasted into a clear midday sky Friday. It will take five years to reach Jupiter, the solar system’s most massive and ancient planet.

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