JUICE spacecraft captures stunning photos on its way to Jupiter.

Amateur and professional astronomers captured images of the Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) spacecraft as it headed away from Earth on its eight-year trip to Jupiter. The European Space Agency (ESA) JUICE mission departed from the European Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, at 08:14 EDT (1214 GMT) journeying aboard an Ariane 5 rocket. The primary mission of JUICE will be to investigate the subsurface oceans believed to dwell beneath the icy shells of Jupiter's moons, Europa, Callisto, and Ganymede, which could help determine if any of these moons possess the conditions needed to support life.