Juno

Juno, U.S. space probe designed to orbit the planet Jupiter. The probe is named for a Roman goddess, the female counterpart to the god Jupiter. Juno was launched by an Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on August 5, 2011. On October 9, 2013, it flew by Earth for a gravity boost on its journey to Jupiter, where it arrived on July 4, 2016. Juno orbits Jupiter every 11 days in a highly elliptical...