This weekend is more than just the 4th of July weekend. On July 4th, NASA's probe Juno arrives at Jupiter. It was launched on August 5th, 2011 and has been traveling to Jupiter ever since. Juno has seven scientific instruments to measure and record data and information about Jupiter.
The big thing about Juno, though, is that it will see below the clouds of Jupiter. No other mission has ever done this and that is why scientists are very excited for Juno's arrival at Jupiter this weekend. Juno's mission to Jupiter has a lot of records. For example, Juno will be the fastest probe to enter into orbit (when something goes around the planet, like the International Space Station) at 130,000 MPH. That's over 2,000 times faster than a car on the highway! Juno will also fly only 2,600 miles away from the top of Jupiter's clouds. That's really close, especially since Jupiter is the largest planet in the solar system. Soon, we'll find out more about Jupiter. It's an exciting time in space travel, with New Horizons having arrived at Pluto and its moons last July, and scientists are looking forward to great scientific discoveries to come.
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