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February 21, 2012
Juno Spacecraft Refines its Path to Jupiter
Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 06, 2012
NASA's solar-powered Juno spacecraft successfully refined its flight path Wednesday with the mission's first trajectory correction maneuver. The maneuver took place on Feb. 1. It is the first of a dozen planned rocket firings that, over the next five years, will keep Juno on course for its rendezvous with Jupiter. "We had a maneuver planned soon after launch but our Atlas V rocket gave us such a good ride we didn't need to make any trajectory changes," said Rick Nybakken, Juno project manager from ... read more

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NASA's Juno to circle Jupiter for 'planetary recipe'
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NASA's Jupiter-Bound Spacecraft Arrives in Florida
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