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The Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice, formerly JUICE [3]) is an interplanetary spacecraft on its way to orbit and study three icy moons of Jupiter: Ganymede, Callisto, and Europa.
Apr 14, 2023 · 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.
Juice will be the first spacecraft to ever orbit a moon in the outer Solar System (Ganymede). The four largest of Jupiter’s moons are known as the ‘Galilean moons’; of these, three are thought to have oceans of liquid water beneath their icy crusts (Ganymede, Europa and Callisto).
JUICE - JUpiter ICy moons Explorer - is the first large-class mission in ESA's Cosmic Vision 2015-2025 programme. The mission was launched on 14 April 2023 and will arrive at Jupiter in July 2031, it will spend at least four years making detailed observations of the giant gaseous planet Jupiter and three of its largest moons, Ganymede, Callisto ...
JUICE (JUpiter ICy moons Explorer) will explore Jupiter and three of its icy moons in depth. Launch. April 14, 2023. Arrival at Jupiter. July 2031. Science Targets. Jupiter, Ganymede, Callisto, Europa.
- July 2031
- Jupiter, Ganymede, Callisto, Europa
- April 14, 2023
ESA’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) is currently heading to Jupiter to explore the planet, its wider space environment, and its moons.
Aug 22, 2024 · The Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer, or JUICE, is a European Space Agency (ESA) mission to explore Jupiter and three of its icy moons: Europa, Callisto and Ganymede. A single orbital...
