Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) Mission

Launched: JUICE mission
Launched From: Europe&#8217;s Spaceport in French Guiana
Launched Into: Jupiter system

By IASbook Team September 26, 2023 Educational Resources 0 Comments

The European Space Agency (ESA) launched its Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer, or Juice, mission on April 14, 2023, from its spaceport in French Guiana.

ESA’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer, Juice, will make detailed observations of the giant gas planet and its three large ocean-bearing moons – Ganymede, Callisto, and Europa- with a suite of remote sensing, geophysical, and in situ instruments.
The mission will characterise these moons as both planetary objects and possible habitats, explore Jupiter’s complex environment in-depth, and study the wider Jupiter system as an archetype for gas giants across the Universe.
After an-8 year cruise to Jupiter, utilizing Earth, Moon, and Venus gravity assists, JUICE will go into orbit around Jupiter in July 2031.

Jupiter and Its Moon

Jupiter is the fifth planet from the Sun and the largest in the Solar System. It is a gas giant.
There are 95 moons of Jupiter. The most massive of the moons are the four Galilean moons: lo, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto.