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Google's Juno Doodle... (Original Post) pokerfan Jul 2016 OP
Did it make orbit? applegrove Jul 2016 #1
It did pokerfan Jul 2016 #2

pokerfan

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2. It did
Tue Jul 5, 2016, 01:53 AM
Jul 2016
NASA scientists on Monday night confirmed that Juno, a football-field-sized spacecraft designed to unlock some of the secrets of our solar system, successfully entered an orbit around Jupiter, the largest, oldest planet in our solar system, and one with some of the most powerful radiation scientists have ever seen.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2016/07/04/watch-live-as-nasas-juno-spacecraft-tumbles-into-a-dangerous-dance-with-jupiter/
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