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NASA seeks Jupiter's secrets with historic spacecraft flyover

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NASA seeks Jupiter's secrets with historic spacecraft flyover  http://buff.ly/2sMGB97 " Every planet in our solar system is famous for something. Saturn has its rings, Mars has its soil, Uranus has that unfortunate name, and Jupiter has the Great Red Spot: a titanic storm that has been spinning for more than 350 years. Though we've peered at the distant gas giant's iconic feature since the 1830s, we still know little about its inner workings. That could change on Monday night, when the Juno spacecraft flies directly over the Great Red Spot for the first time in human history. " via Buffer