JUICE Mission Set to Launch for Exploration of Jupiter and Its Moons.
TL;DR
Europe's first-ever Jupiter mission, the Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer probe (JUICE), is set to launch on April 13 atop an Ariane 5 rocket from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana. JUICE will conduct a series of flybys of three of Jupiter's four big Galilean moons — Ganymede, Europa, and Callisto, all of which are thought to possess oceans of liquid water beneath their icy shells. JUICE will be the first probe ever to orbit a moon other than that of Earth. NASA's Europa Clipper, which will focus on Europa, is scheduled to lift off in October 2024.
Topics:top-newsscience-and-astronomy#europa-clipper#galilean-moons#juice#jupiter#science-and-astronomy#space-exploration
- Launch of Europe's 1st-ever Jupiter probe is just a week away Space.com
- What to Know About the JUICE Mission to Jupiter and Its Frozen Moons Gizmodo
- ESA`s mission Juice to embark on exploration of Jupiter and its icy moons on April 13 WION
- Juice mission to Jupiter testing—down to the wire Phys.org
- Spacecraft will explore habitability of Jupiter's ocean moons Science
Want the full story? Read the original reporting
Read on Space.com