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Juno to Jupiter

NASA is planning to send another space probe to Jupiter. The mission, named Juno, will be the first to perform an in-depth examination of the giant planet. Juno will be the first solar-powered mission to Jupiter. Its seven science instruments are designed to unlock secrets of solar system formation.

The spacecraft will enter polar orbit around Jupiter to investigate the giant planet for one year. As it orbits from pole to pole on a unique path designed to avoid most of Jupiter’s harsh radiation, Jupiter will rotate beneath, allowing the science instruments to produce full-planet maps of gravity, magnetic fields and atmospheric water content as well as studying Jupiter’s auroral particles and fields.

Launch of the $700 million mission will occur no later than June 30, 2010.

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