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Dr. Jim Green, Planetary Science Division Director, NASA, celebrates with Scott Bolton, Juno principal investigator, Southwest Research Institute, after they received confirmation from Juno that it had successfully completed the engine burn and entered orbit of Jupiter, Monday, July 4, 2016 in mission control of the Space Flight Operations Facility at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, CA. The Juno mission launched August 5, 2011 and will orbit the planet for 20 months to collect data on the planetary core, map the magnetic field, and measure the amount of water and ammonia in the atmosphere.