Jupiter. Image: nasa.gov

July 4 2016 may be remembered for fireworks, of a celestial kind. Nasa’s Juno uniting with Jupiter, after a five year journey, marks a milestone for the space program. It was also in July (1969) that humans first stepped onto another world, the moon, heralding a “giant leap for mankind.”

To watch: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/edu/news/2016/7/1/a-july-4th-show-in-space-juno-arrives-at-jupiter/

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