JUICE Mission to Jupiter's Moons Moves Closer to Launch | European Space Agency

JUICE Mission to Jupiter's Moons Moves Closer to Launch | European Space Agency

After many years of study, development, building and testing, the European Space Agency’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer, JUICE, has finally arrived at Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. At the end of 2022 the spacecraft underwent its final thermal vacuum test at an Airbus Defence and Space facility in Toulouse, as well as its final software verification tests, whereby it was controlled from the European Space Operations Center (ESOC) mission control center in Darmstadt, Germany.

Soon, an Ariane 5 rocket will lift Juice into orbit and send it on its journey to explore the largest planet in our Solar System and its three icy moons, Europa, Callisto and in particular Ganymede. By exploring and studying the Jovian system, the mission neatly fullfills its role in ESA’s Cosmic Vision program, teaching us about our Universe and the origins of life.

Follow mission updates here: www.esa.int/juice

NASA's Europa Clipper Mission will complement the European Space Agency's JUICE Mission. JUICE will fly-by Europa twice and Callisto multiple times before moving into orbit around Ganymede.

Credit: European Space Agency (ESA)

Duration: 5 minutes

Release Date: Feb. 27, 2023

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