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the space shuttle Atlantis and STS-34 landed at Edwards Air Force Base in California following a successful four-day mission. The primary objective of the mission was to deploy the Galileo spacecraft on its six-year journey to Jupiter. Today, the current spacecraft exploring Jupiter is the Juno mission, which launched Aug. 5, 2011, and arrived at Jupiter July 4, 2016. Juno is part of the New Frontiers Program managed by NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center’s Science Mission Directorate. The goal of the mission is to understand the origin and evolution of Jupiter, look for its solid planetary core, map its magnetic field, measure water and ammonia in the planet’s deep atmosphere and observe auroras. The NASA History Program is responsible for generating, disseminating and preserving NASA’s remarkable history and providing a comprehensive understanding of the institutional, cultural, social, political, economic, technological and scientific aspects of NASA’s activities in aeronautics and space.