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  • Live coverage: Juno spacecraft hours away from arriving at Jupiter

    07/04/2016 7:41:30 PM PDT · by Jack Hydrazine · 74 replies
    SpaceFlightNow.com ^ | 4JUL2016 | Stephen Clark
    18:19 Juno should now be starting a slow maneuver from its power-generating sun-pointing attitude toward the orientation required for tonight's Jupiter Orbit Insertion burn. This slow precession maneuver should take about 21 minutes, then Juno will hold its position before starting a faster precession to the burn attitude. 17:56 Last pre-JOI image from JunoCam Here is the official caption from NASA: "This is the final view taken by the JunoCam instrument on NASA's Juno spacecraft before Juno's instruments were powered down in preparation for orbit insertion. Juno obtained this color view on June 29, 2016, at a distance of 3.3...