KSC-2011-4755
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, a solid rocket motor now is in position to be attached to the United Launch Alliance Atlas V booster stage already in the Vertical Integration Facility at Launch complex 41. NASA's Juno spacecraft is scheduled to launch aboard an Atlas V from Cape Canaveral, Fla. Aug. 5.The solar-powered spacecraft will orbit Jupiter's poles 33 times to find out more about the gas giant's origins, structure, atmosphere and magnetosphere and investigate the existence of a solid planetary core. For more information visit: www.nasa.gov/juno. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett
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June 15, 2011
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Cape Canaveral, FL
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