Jupiter's Gravity Embraces NASA's Juno Spacecraft

NASA’s Juno spacecraft has entered the home stretch of its five-year journey to Jupiter. On Friday (May 27), Juno crossed a gravitational boundary between Jupiter and the sun, and the gas giant began pulling the spacecraft in ahead of a planned July 4 arrival, NASA officials said. "As of tomorrow [May 28], and for the rest of the mission, we project Jupiter's gravity will dominate as the trajectory-perturbing effects by other celestial bodies are reduced to insignificant roles," Juno proje