Juno still on course for 2011 Launch

Juno is still on schedule for a 2011 Aug launch. This is a solar powered 5 year trip to Jupiter. But the really cool thing about the Juno programme is that it is the first spacecraft to attempt to make it past the Kuiper belt to the outer planets using Solar cell technology. Juno will fly closer to the planet than the Galileo spacecraft giving us our closest look yet… It may be 2 years away, but having passed a recent design review, the $700 Million mission is certainly going to be ground breaking, and worth a watch.. I’ll keep you posted.