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Counting Down to Juno’s Arrival at Jupiter

Model of Jupiter and model of Juno spacecraft
A model of the Juno spacecraft is seen at a news briefing on Thursday, June 30, 2016, at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. The Juno mission will arrive at Jupiter July 4, 2016, to orbit the planet for 20 months and collect data on the planetary core, map the magnetic field, and measure the amount of water and ammonia in the atmosphere.

A model of the Juno spacecraft is seen at a news briefing, held before Juno enters orbit around Jupiter, on Thursday, June 30, 2016, at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California. The Juno mission launched August 5, 2011 and will arrive at Jupiter July 4, 2016, to orbit the planet for 20 months and collect data on the planetary core, map the magnetic field, and measure the amount of water and ammonia in the atmosphere.

Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)