Washington: Cheers erupted at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory on Tuesday as its solar-powered Juno spacecraft entered the orbit of Jupiter - ending its nearly five-year journey to study the gas giant like never before.

According to Scott Bolton, principal investigator of Juno from the Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio, Juno is in orbit around Jupiter. At 8.48 am on Tuesday (India time), Juno fired its main engine to begin a 35-minute burn to get into orbit around Jupiter.