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Juice flies past Earth
21 SEP. 2026 publication date 168 Views

ESA’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) will return to Earth on 28 September, with flight controllers guiding the spacecraft close to our home planet to alter its speed and direction en route to Jupiter.

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[Image description: Realistic-looking render of the Juice spacecraft flying past Earth. Juice is precisely in the centre of the frame, with Earth slightly to the left of centre. A curved line crossing horizontally in front of Earth shows the path that Juice is taking.]

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European Space Agency

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CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO or ESA Standard Licence

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