Nasa spacecraft "Juno" is launched at 11:25 a.m local time (5.25pm BST) on a mission to Jupiter. By Andrew Hough 5:44PM BST 05 Aug 2011 Comments It is one of the space agency’s most ambitious missions and will attempt to discover the secrets behind the largest planet in the solar system. The unprecedented $1.1 billion (£674m) “Juno” mission has blasted off from Cape Canaveral, in Florida, on a five-year mission to the heart of the “King of the Planets”. Scientists said the spacecraft, which will arrive at Jupiter in 2016, will study the planet's core, atmosphere, powerful magnetic field and auroras. Once it reaches its target it will be the...
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