Media briefing following Juno’s successful insertion into orbit. Photo by Mat Kaplan.

Return with this week’s Planetary Radio to the evening of July 4, 2016 and the exciting arrival at Jupiter of the Juno orbiter. You’ll hear the moment of successful orbital insertion. Several of the mission’s key contributors reveal how Juno accomplished this feat, along with what they hope the spacecraft will tell us about the giant planet.

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