NASA launches spacecraft on 5-year trip to Jupiter

The spacecraft, named Juno, blasted off aboard an unmanned
rocket Friday from Cape Canaveral. It will take Juno five years to reach the
largest planet in the solar system.
Juno is solar powered with three huge panels, a first for a
spacecraft intended to roam so far from the sun. The total mission costs $1.1
billion.
Scientists hope to discover the recipe for making planets,
by identifying Jupiter’s secret ingredients. The gas giant is believed to be
the solar system’s oldest planet.
Attached to Juno are three little Lego figures. They
represent the Italian physicist Galileo, who discovered Jupiter’s biggest
moons; the Roman god Jupiter; and his wife Juno, for whom the spacecraft is
named.