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NASA's Juno Heads to Jupiter on a Fact Finding Mission About Solar System

By Scott Sarvay
August 5, 2011 Updated Aug 5, 2011 at 5:35 PM EDT

CAPE CANAVERAL (Indiana’s NewsCenter) - A robotic explorer named "Juno" rocketed away from Cape Canaveral Friday.

Juno is on a five-year journey to Jupiter, the solar system's most massive planet.

With Juno, scientists hope to answer some of the most fundamental questions about our solar system.



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