Juno spacecraft Jupiter arrival animation

Find out more at and NASA s Juno spacecraft is scheduled to arrive at the giant planet Jupiter in July 2016 following a fiveyear trek. As the spacecraft nears the planet it executes a series of maneuvers to prepare for Jupiter orbit insertion. First, the spacecraft opens its main engine cover. Then Juno uses thrusters to reorient itself so that its main engine points in the direction the spacecraft is moving. Juno s thrusters then fire to increase t