Juno Lifts Off

Juno Lifts Off
(Image credit: Patrick H. Corkery/United Launch Alliance)

A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket blasts off carrying NASA's Juno mission. The launch marks the second of five launches for NASA in 2011.

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