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On August 5th, 2011, NASA launched their Juno spacecraft which will take five years to reach Jupiter. It will then spend a year orbiting the planet 32 times. Scientists hope this solar-powered spacecraft will help them understand how Jupiter formed, and that this data will provide clues to the origins of our solar system. Jupiter' s huge size has enabled it to retain its original composition, unlike Earth. Juno will investigate Jupiter's magnetic fields, the amount of water and ammonia in its atmosphere and determine if it has a solid core. For more information visit NASA's Juno mission site .

The Business, Science and Technology Department on the third floor of the Toronto Reference Library has an extensive collection of books about space exploration such as The Smithsonian Atlas of Space Exploration, and Ambassadors from Earth: Pioneering Explorations with Unmanned Spacecraft. To find out more about Jupiter and previous missions to this planet check out Outer Planets and Mission Jupiter: the Spectacular Journey of the Gallileo Spacecraft.

This NASA video provides an overview of the Juno mission:

On August 5th, 2011, NASA launched their Juno spacecraft which will take five years to reach Jupiter. It will then spend a year orbiting the planet 32 times. Scientists hope this solar-powered spacecraft will help them understand how Jupiter formed, and that this data will provide clues to the origins of our solar system. Jupiter' s huge size has enabled it to retain its original composition, unlike Earth. Juno will investigate Jupiter's magnetic fields, the amount of water and ammonia in its atmosphere and determine if it has a solid core. For more information visit NASA's Juno mission site .

The Business, Science and Technology Department on the third floor of the Toronto Reference Library has an extensive collection of books about space exploration such as The Smithsonian Atlas of Space Exploration, and Ambassadors from Earth: Pioneering Explorations with Unmanned Spacecraft. To find out more about Jupiter and previous missions to this planet check out Outer Planets and Mission Jupiter: the Spectacular Journey of the Gallileo Spacecraft.

This NASA video provides an overview of the Juno mission: