Last-minute engine trouble prevented him from starting his race.
It was getting some last-minute engine work when I saw the car, so it wasn't drivable.
A 15-minute engine burn slowed the spacecraft sufficiently for it to be captured by Mercury's gravity.
Pacific Standard Time, after a thirty-five-minute engine burn, NASA's Juno spacecraft successfully reached the end of its five-year journey and began circling Jupiter.
The first manoeuvre on Wednesday, scheduled for 2.04pm UK time, will see the TGO execute its most critical command to date - initiating a 139-minute engine burn to slow down sufficiently to be captured by Mars' gravity.
However, it's enough for a five-minute engine warm-up, a full-power run to supersonic speeds, and then 2-3 minutes cooling down before shut-off.
With three simple tones the probe, which was in a form of safe mode during a 35-minute engine burn, signaled that it had successfully slowed its speed and entered into orbit around the solar system's biggest planet.
The 35-minute engine burn, which began at 11 18 p.m. EST, slowed Juno by 1,212 mph, enough so it could be captured by the planet's gravitational pull.
That required a well-ventilated, open-hangar design, which would reduce the time required to launch the aircraft by allowing them to begin the typical 15-minute engine warm-up while still in the hangar.
UPDATE: 11 54 p.m. ET -- "Welcome to Jupiter!" After a tense, 35-minute engine burn, NASA's Juno spacecraft successfully began its orbit of Jupiter late Monday evening, the pivotal moment of the space agency's five-year long venture to reach the planet.
Hundreds of millions of miles away, the $1.1 billion mission all hung on a single 35-minute engine burn -- a maneuver that slowed the spacecraft during its final approach and allowed the craft to sink into orbit around the solar system's largest planet.
