ESA's JUICE mission to Jupiter set for launch, unlikely to find life.
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The European Space Agency's Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) spacecraft is set to launch on April 13 on the second-to-last flight of the Ariane 5 rocket. JUICE will perform several gravity-assist flybys of Earth and Venus before arriving at Jupiter in mid-2031. The spacecraft will conduct 35 flybys of the large moons Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto before going into orbit around Ganymede. JUICE will carry out observations with a suite of 10 science instruments, including one provided by NASA.
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