NASA’s Juno spacecraft will finally reach Jupiter this Monday

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The largest solar flare of 2013 burst from a large active sunspot, illuminating the sun on Nov. 5, 2013.
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A long lens view photo of thunderstorms that swept over the Amazon was taken by Cmdr. Chris Hadfield while aboard the International Space Station on May 8, 2013.
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The sun rises over the South Pacific Ocean, captured by one of the Expedition 35 crew members aboard the International Space Station between 4 and 5 a.m. on May 5, 2013.
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NASA captured a dramatic shot of the lower regions of the sun's atmosphere on June 28, 2013, from outer space.
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A beautiful photo of a nearby active galaxy called NGC 1433, captured by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope on Oct. 16, 2013.
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In celebration of the 25th anniversary of the Hubble Telescope launch, NASA released a new photo of the iconic "Pillars of Creation" image of the Eagle Nebula taken by the telescope in 2014. The famous image, first released in 1995, depicts narrow jet-like features of interstellar gas and dust in the Eagle Nebula, about 7,000 light years from Earth. The Hubble telescope officially celebrated its 25th anniversary in April 2015.
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An incredible photo by NASA captures comet ISON shooting through space towards the sun on Nov. 25, 2013. The comet was discovered over a year ago and is making its way around the sun for the first time, coming closest to the hot solar surface on Thanksgiving Day on Nov. 28, 2013. Comet Encke is shown just below ISON.
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A photo of Great Britain from a different perspective. NASA's Terra satellite captured a natural-color aerial shot from outer space of the U.K. blanketed in snow from London to the northern tip of Scotland on Jan. 26, 2013. Skies had mostly cleared, but some clouds lingered in the west.
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A horrifying view from outer space shows the incredible scale of Typhoon Haiyan that devastated the Philippines. Thousands lost their lives and more than 12 million people were affected by the monster typhoon that left behind catastrophic devastation. The photo was taken by Astronaut Karen L. Nyberg aboard the International Space Station on Nov. 9, 2013.
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In a spiral galaxy, far, far away, 22 million light years away from the earth to be exact, the "Fireworks Galaxy" has been captured in all its glory from the Chandra X-ray Observatory on Aug. 11, 2013.
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A U.S. commercial cargo ship called Cygnus is seen approaching the International Space Station on Sept. 29, 2013, by NASA having completed its primary goal of its debut test flight.
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New York City twinkles from space on Sept. 18, 2013, when NASA captured the breathtaking shot aboard the International Space Station. Long Island, N.Y. is a tell-tale identifier as it juts out into the Atlantic Ocean in the lower right portion of the image.
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A breathtaking natural color mosaic image of Saturn eclipsing the sun was captured by NASA from Cassini spacecraft on July 19, 2013.
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Stunning views show a monster hurricane at Saturn's North Pole captured on April 29, 2013. The eye of the cyclone is an enormous 1,250 miles across, that's 20 times larger than the typical eye of a hurricane on Earth. It is believed the hurricane has been at Saturn's North Pole for years.
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Another shot of comet ISON in a contrast-enhanced image that reveals the subtle structure in the inner coma of the comet on April 23, 2013. The image shows enhanced dust particle release on the sunward-facing side of the comet's nucleus.
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Starting in January, NASA will continue to release iconic photos taken by the Hubble Space Telescope leading up to its 25th anniversary in April 2015. In this photo released on Jan. 6, 2014, the telescope captured the Andromeda galaxy, located over 2 million light-years away from Earth. This image is the largest NASA Hubble Telescope image ever assembled, covering a 61,000-light-year-long stretch of the galaxy.
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Residents of Beijing and many other cities in China were forced to stay inside mid-January 2013 as the nation faced the worst smog in history. An aerial shot captured by NASA represents the source of Beijing's respiratory problems. The PM 2.5 particles, which come from burning fossil fuels and biomass, are especially deadly because they can enter the passages of the lungs. Over time, they can worsen and lead to medical conditions such as asthma or heart disease.
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NASA astronaut Karen Nyberg captured a shot of the California wildfires from the International Space Station on Aug. 26, 2013.
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A different perspective of the sun is captured in this shot by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory which constantly observes the sun from different wavelengths. In reality, the sun is not made of fire, but of something called plasma, particles so hot that their electrons have boiled off, creating a charged gas that is interwoven with magnetic fields.

PUBLISHED: June 29, 2016 at 12:43 p.m. | UPDATED: April 8, 2018 at 9:41 p.m.

Juno is finally closing in on Jupiter.

After traveling for five years, NASA’s spacecraft is expected to reach the gas giant on Monday and stay in its orbit for at least a year. NASA will know the mission is a success when it hears a three-second beep that’s supposed to come in at approximately 11:53 p.m.

The probe will first place itself in the “capture orbit” by burning its rocket motor for 35 minutes. Then, it’ll take nearly three months to reach its final orbit.

Juno will begin to collect data about 50 hours after entering the first orbit level. The probe will use its JunoCam to study the structure and evolution of Jupiter and its four biggest moons (Europa, Io, Callisto and Ganymede) by taking measurements and images.

Scientists will try and gather information on how much water is inside the planet, which could lead to learning about how much water was present in the solar system’s early days. Other things that will be studied include Jupiter’s terrain and radiation.

Juno already managed to take a shot of the planet and its moons on June 21, but from a distance of 6.8 million miles away. More data will be returned to Earth and released to the public by late August or early September.

The entire mission is currently scheduled to end in October 2017, but it might be extended a bit longer — it all depends on the probe’s status and Jupiter’s radiation. NASA will end the mission by crashing the probe into Jupiter’s atmosphere, which will take about 5.5 days.