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The mission

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.

The journey

Launch: 14 April 2023
Launch location: Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana
Launch vehicle: Ariane 5
Flybys en route: August 2024 Lunar-Earth, August 2025 Venus, September 2026 Earth, January 2029 Earth
Arrival at Jupiter: July 2031

10 instruments
85 m² solar wings
35 Jovian moon flybys

Juice

Science & Exploration

Juice’s first year in space: “it’s real now”

12/04/2024 2496 views 32 likes

Juice flyby of Callisto (artist’s impression)

Enabling & Support

Juice aces Callisto flyby test

11/04/2024 2006 views 41 likes

Still from the film

Science & Exploration

‘The making of Juice’: the story behind the film

24/11/2023 2191 views 43 likes

Juice approaches Earth

Enabling & Support

Juice burns hard towards first-ever Earth-Moon flyby

17/11/2023 15434 views 148 likes

Science & Exploration

Webb pinpoints a high-speed jet stream on Jupiter

19/10/2023 14551 views 100 likes

Europa (NIRCam image)

Science & Exploration

Webb finds carbon source on surface of Jupiter’s moon Europa

21/09/2023 36630 views 168 likes

Enabling & Support

Juice: why’s it taking sooo long

19/09/2023 16089 views 120 likes

Juice flyby of Ganymede (artist’s impression)

Science & Exploration

Solving the RIME deployment mystery

06/07/2023 10895 views 151 likes

Juice comes to life (artist’s impression)

Science & Exploration

Juice deployments complete: final form for Jupiter

26/05/2023 12832 views 186 likes

Juice RIME antenna deploys

Science & Exploration

Juice’s RIME antenna breaks free

12/05/2023 52948 views 529 likes

Juice’s wriggling RIME antenna

Science & Exploration

Work continues to deploy Juice RIME antenna

28/04/2023 33155 views 225 likes

Juice leaves Earth

Science & Exploration

Juice sends first ‘selfies’ from space

15/04/2023 52043 views 863 likes

Science & Exploration

ESA’s Juice lifts off on quest to discover secrets of Jupit…

14/04/2023 52667 views 200 likes

Juice lifts off into space (artist's impression)

Science & Exploration

How to follow the Juice launch live

06/04/2023 168282 views 233 likes

Juice meets Ariane 5

Science & Exploration

Juice meets Ariane 5

05/04/2023 8595 views 144 likes

Juice liftoff through trees (artist's impression)

Science & Exploration

Media invitation: Juice launch media opportunities

30/03/2023 2309 views 4 likes

Enabling & Support

Sabotaging Juice

28/03/2023 9333 views 103 likes

Space Juice contest winners

Science & Exploration

Inspiring mocktail menu served up by Space Juice winners

10/03/2023 7824 views 69 likes

Critical days for Aeolus

Enabling & Support

#SocialSpace: Apply to join Juice launch at ESA mission con…

27/02/2023 10018 views 63 likes

Juice arrives in French Guiana

Enabling & Support

Juice on final stretch for launch to Jupiter

10/02/2023 20396 views 121 likes

Juice on the launch pad (artist’s impression)

Science & Exploration

Media invitation: join pre-launch press programme to see Ju…

25/01/2023 1386 views 1 likes

Galileo plaque unveiled on Juice spacecraft

Science & Exploration

Galileo tribute unveiled as Juice says ‘Farewell, Europe’

20/01/2023 9474 views 65 likes

Space Juice contest visual

Science & Exploration

Mix a ‘space juice’ to celebrate ESA’s Juice mission!

02/01/2023 18090 views 86 likes

Exploring Jupiter

Science & Exploration

Opportunities for media: ESA’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer

20/12/2022 4157 views 41 likes

New evidence of watery plumes on Jupiter’s moon Europa

Science & Exploration

Jupiter’s moon Europa to obscure distant star

07/06/2022 6745 views 120 likes

Science & Exploration

Juice moves into Large Space Simulator

14/06/2021 4681 views 71 likes

Juice in transport container

Science & Exploration

Juice arrives at ESA’s technical heart

06/05/2021 7038 views 127 likes

Juice mission

Science & Exploration

Preparing to build ESA’s Jupiter mission

17/07/2015 19166 views 197 likes

Juice mission

Science & Exploration

JUICE is Europe’s next large science mission

02/05/2012 17403 views 58 likes

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