Juno: NASA confirms successful entry into orbit around Jupiter

NASA celebrated this morning as it received tones transmitted from JUNO confirming the braking manoeuvre had gone as planned

Teamwork❤️! From #Jupiter to Earth: thanks, team for guiding me into orbit. And now… SCIENCE https://t.co/4tR0S3XwyD pic.twitter.com/17Bia2UTkR

— NASA's Juno Mission (@NASAJuno) July 5, 2016

Juno Mission Control announcement of “Roger Juno, welcome to Jupiter” was met with wild cheering at Nasa’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California.

For more on JUNO and her mission read yesterday’s article on the braking manoeuvre and the probes mission.