Getting Juno Spacecraft Into Jupiter's Orbit Was The 'Hardest Thing NASA Has Ever Done'
Just before midnight Eastern time on July 4, scientists at NASA’s jet propulsion laboratory in Pasadena heard the words they’d been waiting for: “Juno, welcome to Jupiter.”
After five years in space, NASA’s Juno spacecraft entered Jupiter’s orbit, where it will remain for the next 20 months. Here & Now’s Jeremy Hobson talks to Kelly Beatty, senior editor at Sky and Telescope Magazine, about what scientists are looking to learn from Juno’s mission to Jupiter, and why NASA’s Scott Bolton called getting the spacecraft into orbit “the hardest thing NASA has ever done.”
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