Juno's back, on its way to Jupiter

Juno is slingshotting around Earth this morning, picking up the final boost of speed it needs to head to Jupiter.

Today's data:
http://www.spaceflight101.com/juno-earth-flyby-data.html

I was there for the launch, in 2011:

Slideshow (stills) from both days of the 2-day Tweetup (good way to get an overview, no videos):
http://s225.photobucket.com/user/flanga_bucket/slideshow/Juno%20to%20Jupiter/?albumview=slideshow

Launch video --- the first 60 seconds of a 5-year mission (watch full-screen, with your volume up!):
http://s225.photobucket.com/user/flanga_bucket/media/Juno%20to%20Jupiter/Juno_launch.mp4.html

Vehicle Assembly Building video (3x the volume of the Empire State Building, tall enough to house the Statue of Liberty):
http://s225.photobucket.com/user/flanga_bucket/media/Juno%20to%20Jupiter/ksc4097.mp4.html

All my Juno pix:
http://photobucket.com/juno_langa

Other data:

Juno Mission:
http://www.nasa.gov/Juno

Juno press kit:
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/press_kits/JunoLaunch.pdf

Juno mission fact sheet:
http://www.nasa.gov/pdf/541929main_JunoFactSheet2011.pdf

Juno interplanetary journey and orbit:
http://www.nasa.gov/pdf/316423main_Juno-3publicposters0901.pdf

Juno instrument payload: http://www.nasa.gov/pdf/329284main_JunoPayloadPoster_040609_508comp_sm.pdf

Launching ELV Rockets at KSC:
http://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/launchingrockets