Space

NASA’s Juno Spacecraft Crosses Jupiter/Sun Gravitational Boundary

 Artist's concept of Juno spacecraft
This artist’s rendering shows NASA’s Juno spacecraft making one of its close passes over Jupiter.Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 27, 2016.  Since its launch five years ago, there have been three forces tugging at NASA’s Juno spacecraft as it speeds through the solar system. The sun, Earth and Jupiter have all been influential — a gravitational trifecta of sorts. At times, Earth was close enough to be the frontrunner. More recently, the sun has had…

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