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Monday, August 19, 2024

Why Europe's Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer Probe is Returning to Earth | ESA

Why Europe's Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer Probe is Returning to Earth | ESA

The European Space Agency’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) returns to Earth on August 19–20, 2024, to complete the world's first Lunar-Earth gravity assist. Flight controllers will guide the spacecraft past the Moon and then Earth itself, ‘braking’ the spacecraft. This maneuver may seem counterintuitive but it will allow JUICE to take a shortcut via Venus on its way to Jupiter. 

JUICE has already traveled more than a billion km to the giant planet. However, it still has a long way to go although Jupiter is on average ‘just’ 800 million km away from Earth. Join us as we explain JUICE's eight-year journey to Jupiter.

Follow the JUICE Mission: www.esa.int/juice

Read more:

https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Juice/Juice_s_lunar-Earth_flyby_all_you_need_to_know

https://www.esa.int/Enabling_Support/Operations/Juice_why_s_it_taking_sooo_long


Video Credit: European Space Agency (ESA)

Duration: 9 minutes, 23 seconds

Release Date: Aug. 19, 2024  


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