Next Stop, Jupiter! Launch Photos of NASA's Juno Mission

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Atlas 5 Carrying Juno Spacecraft Against a Blue Sky

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In preparation for launch of NASA's Juno mission, a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket is rolled to the pad at Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral.

Juno Emerges

Patrick H. Corkery/United Launch Alliance

In preparation for launch of NASA's Juno mission, a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket is rolled to the pad at Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral.

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