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Juice flies by the Moon
16 JUL. 2024 publication date 593 Views

On 19–20 August 2024, ESA's Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) will achieve a world first: using the gravity of the Moon and then Earth to bend its path through space, bringing it one step closer to Jupiter.

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[Image description: Juice spacecraft in front of the Moon. The right side of the Moon is in shadow, with the sunlight coming from the left side of the image]

Credits

ESA

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CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO or ESA Standard Licence

Acknowledgements

Work performed by ATG under contract to ESA

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