Amazing Juno launched on August 5, 2011 at 12:25 p.m. EDT from Cape Canaveral, Florida, aboard an Atlas V 551 rocket. With five solid boosters, the V 551 is the most powerful of the Atlas rockets. The rocket operated in stages, so as it blasted Juno into space, segments of it fell off once they’ve burned out. Here, the spacecraft is still in its cocoon form, its solar arrays and other components having been tucked away to fit in the rocket. JUNO’S PATH TO JUPITER After the Atlas V rocket launche