At Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, a Volga-Dnepr Antonov AN-124-100, Ukranian/Russian cargo aircraft has landed on the Skid Strip. The aircraft is delivering the Centaur upper stage of a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket.
NASA's Juno spacecraft is scheduled to launch aboard the 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/Jack Pfaller
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