Juno, the spacecraft on a mission to Jupiter, orbited closer to the giant planet than any man-made object before it, in a record-breaking approach on Saturday 27th August.
The Nasa creation, which was launched five years ago, made the close approach to Jupiter by soaring around 2,600 miles above the planet.
As it cruised by at a speed of 130,000 mph, Juno was expected to capture astonishing images and plenty of scientific data, say mission controllers at Nasa.
Article:https://www.theguardian.com/science/2016/aug/28/nasa-spacecraft-juno-skims-jupiters-clouds-in-record-breaking-mission
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/juno-mission-jupiter-nasa-spacecraft-record-breaking-approach-space-a7212641.html
Reference:https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/juno/main/index.html
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