Juice’s Daring Maneuver: Setting Course for a Historic Earth-Moon Flyby
On November 17, 2023, ESA’s Juice spacecraft carried out one of the largest and most important maneuvers in its eight-year journey to Jupiter. Using its…
ESA Juice News
Find the latest news and discoveries from ESA’s Juice (Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer) mission.
Launched on April 14, 2023, the Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) from the European Space Agency (ESA) is set to conduct comprehensive examinations of the colossal gas planet and its trio of major water-rich satellites — Ganymede, Callisto, and Europa — utilizing an array of remote sensing, geophysical, and on-site tools. The endeavor aims to characterize these moons as both celestial bodies and potential habitats, delve into Jupiter’s intricate surroundings, and investigate the broader Jupiter system as a representative model for gas giants found throughout the cosmos.
Why Is Juice Taking Sooo Long? Straight Lines in Space Are a Massive Waste of Energy
Juice: Why’s It Taking Sooo Long At their closest point in orbit, Earth and Jupiter are separated by almost 600 million kilometers (375 million miles)….
Against the Odds: ESA’s Ingenious Solution to RIME Antenna’s Deployment Failure
When the RIME antenna on ESA’s Juice mission failed to deploy a few days after launch, the engineering teams faced the mighty challenge to understand…
JUICE Spacecraft’s Ultraviolet Spectrograph Springs Into Action: First Data Collected
The Southwest Research Institute’s Ultraviolet Spectrograph (UVS), part of the ESA’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) spacecraft, has successfully completed its initial testing. UVS will…
Jupiter Bound: Juice Spacecraft Deployments Complete
Flight controllers at ESA’s mission control center in Germany were busy last week, working with instrument teams on the final deployments to prepare ESA’s Jupiter…
Successfully Deployed: Juice Spacecraft’s RIME Antenna Finally Breaks Free
Juice spacecraft’s RIME antenna, designed to study Jupiter’s icy moons, has been successfully deployed after overcoming a stuck pin issue with the help of a…
Sticky Situation: Critical Antenna on ESA’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer Fails To Deploy
ESA’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) has encountered a deployment issue with its Radar for Icy Moons Exploration (RIME) antenna. The issue, potentially caused by…
ESA’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer: Juice’s First Sip of Science From Space
ESA’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) has successfully deployed its magnetometer boom (J-MAG), now actively collecting magnetic field data. The initial data suggests a successful…
ESA’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) Gets Wings
After a successful launch on April 14 on an Ariane 5 rocket from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, the European Space Agency (ESA) Jupiter Icy Moons…
ESA’s Juice Captures Breathtaking First Selfies on Its Journey to Jupiter
ESA’s Juice spacecraft captured its first monitoring camera images after a successful launch on April 14. The cameras will record various deployments, including the Radar…
Jupiter’s Icy Enigmas: ESA’s Juice Launches on a Cosmic Treasure Hunt
ESA’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) lifted off on an Ariane 5 rocket from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana at 9:04 a.m. EDT on April…
Blasting Off to Jupiter’s Moons: Ariane 5 Sends JUICE on a Chilling Expedition
Arianespace’s Ariane 5 successfully launched the JUICE space probe, initiating Europe’s first mission to Jupiter’s icy moons to explore potential life and solar system dynamics….
Squeezing Secrets From Jupiter’s Moons: Juice’s Expedition to the Outer Solar System
ESA’s Juice mission will explore Jupiter and its intriguing Galilean moons — Ganymede, Europa, and Callisto — to study their hidden oceans, magnetic fields, and…
ESA’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer Mission: How To Follow the Juice Launch Live
ESA’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer mission, Juice, is planned for launch at 8:15 a.m. EDT (13:15 BST/14:15 CEST) on April 13 from Europe’s Spaceport in…
Juice’s Odyssey of Exploration: To Uncover the Hidden Secrets of Mysterious Worlds
A grand odyssey of exploration is about to begin. Humankind’s next bold mission to the outer Solar System, ESA’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer, Juice, is…
ESA Selects Contractor for JUICE Mission to Jupiter and Its Icy Moons
Airbus Defence & Space in France has been selected as the prime industrial contractor for ESA’s JUICE mission to Jupiter and its icy moons. The…