NASA spacecraft bound for Jupiter zoomed by Earth today

A NASA spacecraft bound for Jupiter zoomed by Earth today (Oct.
NASA's Juno spacecraft came within 347 miles (558 kilometers) of Earth during its closest approach, which occurred at 3:21 p.m. EDT (1921 GMT) today over South Africa.
The probe was expected to photograph Earth and the moon during the flyby, mission team members said.
The online Slooh Space Camera will track Juno's departure into deep space during a live webcast tonight, beginning at 9:30 p.m. EDT (0130 GMT).
[See photos of NASA's Juno mission to Jupiter] The $1.1 billion Juno mission launched in August 2011 aboard an Atlas 5 rocket, which was not powerful enough to send the 8,000-pound (3,267 kilograms) probe all the way to Jupiter.