Juno spacecraft has successfully reaches Jupiter orbit
At a press conference following the probe's successful arrival in orbit around Jupiter, NASA showed a video shot by Juno on its approach of Jupiter's moons traveling around the planet, capturing for the first time the movement of objects around a celestial body. The $1 billion alternative to NASA Juno is a spinning, robotic probe as wide as a basketball court. It will circle Jupiter 37 times for 20 months, diving down to about 2,600 miles (4,100 kilometers) above the planet's dense clouds. The seven science instruments on board will study Jupiter's auroras and help scientists better understand the planet's origins, structure, atmosphere and magnetosphere. An onboard color camera called JunoCam will take "spectacular close-up, color images" of Jupiter, according to NASA. The space agency is asking the public to help decide where to point the camera. Three 1.5-inch Lego figurines are also on board Juno. One is a likeness of Galileo Galilei -- the s