![Orbit diagram for Juno showing the distribution of perijoves. Credit: NASA/JPL](https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/leicester-to-jupiter/files/2016/06/orbit-150x150.jpg)
Almost there now…
As the Independence Day fireworks erupt over the Rosebowl Stadium near Los Angeles, just across the highway from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, fireworks of a very different kind should be going off at Jupiter. For 35 minutes, NASA’s Juno spacecraft will fire its main engine to apply the brakes and ease into orbit around […]
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