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NASA will reach Jupiter on July 4
Robert Ferris
07-01-16
NASA's Juno spacecraft is going closer to the massive and mysterious planet Jupiter than any spacecraft has ever gone.
The ship has flown more than 1.7 billion miles over five years, and on Thursday Juno began executing the sequence of commands that will take it right to Jupiter's clouds.
NASA will reach Jupiter on July 4
Robert Ferris
07-01-16
NASA's Juno spacecraft is going closer to the massive and mysterious planet Jupiter than any spacecraft has ever gone.
The ship has flown more than 1.7 billion miles over five years, and on Thursday Juno began executing the sequence of commands that will take it right to Jupiter's clouds.
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The event will be streamed online at NASA JPL Live.
The Preview program starts at noon, ET and the "Orbit insertion" starts at 10:30 p.m. ET.