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After five years traveling through space to its destination, our Juno spacecraft will arrive in orbit around Jupiter today, July 4, 2016. This video shows a peek of what the spacecraft saw as it closed in on its destination before instruments were turned off. Watch our noon EDT Pre-Orbit Insertion Briefing on NASA Television for more: https://www.nasa.gov/nasatv or http://youtube.com/nasajpl/live.
Helix Nebula
The Great Red Spot
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The Dew Drop of Saturn : The water-world Enceladus appears here to sit atop Saturns rings like a drop of dew upon a leaf. Even though it appears like a tiny drop before the might of the giant Saturn, Enceladus reminds us that even small worlds hold mysteries and wonders to be explored.
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Proxima Centauri, The Closest Star
This is what Washington DC would look like if Earth had Saturn’s rings.
Space Station Flyover of the Mediterranean : Expedition 46 flight engineer Tim Peake of the European Space Agency
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The planet Saturn, observed by the Hubble Space Telescope.
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