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NASA's Juno team reported today that, due to malfunctioning helium valves, Juno will not execute the required engine burn necessary to achieve the lower orbit initially outlined in it's mission plan. Instead of the 33 previously scheduled cloud skimming science orbits, the Juno spacecraft will continue in it's current 53.5 day orbit for a total of 14 science orbits concluding in July 2018...
Read the article here...http://gizmodo.com/nasas-juno-missi...78999-vv-f87c3717-3294-4836-9653-022654472d67
Read the article here...http://gizmodo.com/nasas-juno-missi...78999-vv-f87c3717-3294-4836-9653-022654472d67
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