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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

Comet 3I/ATLAS seen by Juice’s science camera

Science & Exploration

Five things Juice has revealed about Comet 3I/ATLAS

02/04/2026 14822 views 142 likes

Enabling & Support

A rare encounter: How Juice came to observe 3I/ATLAS

23/03/2026 6715 views 60 likes

Enabling & Support

Juice team resolves anomaly on approach to Venus

25/08/2025 18915 views 105 likes

First radargram from Juice’s RIME instrument

Science & Exploration

New Apollo Earthrise view shows Juice’s RIME working well

18/07/2025 6039 views 76 likes

Company awards at Industry Space Days 2024

ESA recognition for excellent space companies

16/10/2024 2841 views 37 likes

Europa Clipper artist’s concept

Science & Exploration

Juice and Europa Clipper: Dream team to Jupiter

14/10/2024 14167 views 84 likes

Juice approaches Earth

Enabling & Support

Juice spacecraft forming wake in solar wind

26/09/2024 5092 views 51 likes

Juice’s view of the Pacific Ocean in three wavelengths

Science & Exploration

Juice confirms that Earth is habitable

10/09/2024 43196 views 105 likes

Juice JANUS view of the Moon

Science & Exploration

First views from Juice’s science camera

23/08/2024 20183 views 110 likes

Juice NavCam view of the Moon

Science & Exploration

Juice’s navigation camera gets first taste of space

22/08/2024 4235 views 59 likes

Juice waves Earth goodbye once again

Science & Exploration

Juice rerouted to Venus in world’s first lunar-Earth flyby

21/08/2024 44087 views 111 likes

Juice flies by Earth

Science & Exploration

Juice lunar-Earth flyby media kit

19/07/2024 2869 views 14 likes

Juice flies by the Moon

Enabling & Support

Preparing for Juice’s daring double flyby

18/07/2024 3562 views 41 likes

Juice flies by Earth

Science & Exploration

Juice’s lunar-Earth flyby: all you need to know

15/07/2024 30619 views 129 likes

Science & Exploration

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

12/04/2024 5863 views 47 likes

Juice flyby of Callisto (artist’s impression)

Enabling & Support

Juice aces Callisto flyby test

11/04/2024 3886 views 43 likes

Still from the film

Science & Exploration

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

24/11/2023 3240 views 46 likes

Juice approaches Earth

Enabling & Support

Juice burns hard towards first-ever lunar-Earth flyby

17/11/2023 17951 views 152 likes

Science & Exploration

Webb pinpoints a high-speed jet stream on Jupiter

19/10/2023 15522 views 102 likes

Europa (NIRCam image)

Science & Exploration

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

21/09/2023 39699 views 170 likes

Enabling & Support

Juice: why’s it taking sooo long

19/09/2023 20216 views 143 likes

Juice flyby of Ganymede (artist’s impression)

Science & Exploration

Solving the RIME deployment mystery

06/07/2023 12561 views 156 likes

Juice comes to life (artist’s impression)

Science & Exploration

Juice deployments complete: final form for Jupiter

26/05/2023 13876 views 187 likes

Juice RIME antenna deploys

Science & Exploration

Juice’s RIME antenna breaks free

12/05/2023 55711 views 539 likes

Juice’s wriggling RIME antenna

Science & Exploration

Work continues to deploy Juice RIME antenna

28/04/2023 34437 views 225 likes

Juice leaves Earth

Science & Exploration

Juice sends first ‘selfies’ from space

15/04/2023 54178 views 876 likes

Science & Exploration

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

14/04/2023 55536 views 204 likes

Exploring Jupiter

Science & Exploration

Juice wallpapers

10/04/2023 4647 views 37 likes

Space Juice recipe book cover

Science & Exploration

Space Juice recipe book

10/04/2023 5789 views 27 likes

Juice lifts off into space (artist's impression)

Science & Exploration

How to follow the Juice launch live

06/04/2023 171250 views 233 likes

Juice meets Ariane 5

Science & Exploration

Juice meets Ariane 5

05/04/2023 9272 views 144 likes

Juice liftoff through trees (artist's impression)

Science & Exploration

Media invitation: Juice launch media opportunities

30/03/2023 2549 views 5 likes

Enabling & Support

Sabotaging Juice

28/03/2023 9879 views 103 likes

Space Juice contest winners

Science & Exploration

Inspiring mocktail menu served up by Space Juice winners

10/03/2023 9881 views 70 likes

Critical days for Aeolus

Enabling & Support

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

27/02/2023 10449 views 63 likes

Juice arrives in French Guiana

Enabling & Support

Juice on final stretch for launch to Jupiter

10/02/2023 21051 views 122 likes

Juice on the launch pad (artist’s impression)

Science & Exploration

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

25/01/2023 1664 views 1 likes

Galileo plaque unveiled on Juice spacecraft

Science & Exploration

Galileo tribute unveiled as Juice says ‘Farewell, Europe’

20/01/2023 10333 views 65 likes

Space Juice contest visual

Science & Exploration

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

02/01/2023 19156 views 87 likes

Juice launch kit cover

Science & Exploration

Juice launch kit

21/12/2022 25187 views 161 likes

Exploring Jupiter

Science & Exploration

Opportunities for media: ESA’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer

20/12/2022 4780 views 41 likes

Exploring Jupiter

Science & Exploration

Frequently Asked Questions

14/12/2022 5057 views 17 likes

New evidence of watery plumes on Jupiter’s moon Europa

Science & Exploration

Jupiter’s moon Europa to obscure distant star

07/06/2022 7787 views 121 likes

Science & Exploration

Juice moves into Large Space Simulator

14/06/2021 5600 views 71 likes

Juice in transport container

Science & Exploration

Juice arrives at ESA’s technical heart

06/05/2021 7681 views 128 likes

Juice mission

Science & Exploration

Preparing to build ESA’s Jupiter mission

17/07/2015 19737 views 198 likes

Juice mission

Science & Exploration

JUICE is Europe’s next large science mission

02/05/2012 18538 views 59 likes

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