November 2025
Unlocking the secrets of Europa
...’s Europa Clipper mission complements the European Space Agency’s JUICE (Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer) mission, which will also study Europa, along with the two other large ocean-bearing Jovian moons, Ganymede and Callisto. The two missions have...
October 2017
Exploring Jupiter’s icy moons
... giants and their satellite systems form and evolve and of how our solar system works. The JUpiter ICy moons Explorer (‘JUICE’) mission addresses two of the overarching themes of ESA’s Cosmic Vision Programme: ‘What are the conditions for...
March 2018
Plumes on Europa - tasting an extra-terrestrial ocean
...The first mission that might be able to exploit this opportunity is the Jupiter Icy moon Explorer (JUICE), comissioned by the European Space Agency (ESA). Scheduled for launch in 2022, JUICE is expected to arrive in the Jovian system in 2029 and head...
14 April 2023
Europe’s JUICE begins its long journey to Jupiter
ESA’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) lifted off on an Ariane 5 rocket from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana today (14 April). The successful launch marks ...
09 July 2021
Astronomers solve 40-year-old mystery of what causes Jupiter’s X-ray auroras
.... More will be learnt about the auroras and other aspects of Jupiter when ESA’s JUpiter ICy moons Explorer (JUICE) arrives at the gas giant by 2029. When settled in its orbit, JUICE will study the planet’s atmosphere, magnetosphere, and the effect...
31 December 2021
Space missions to watch out for in 2022
... manager said in an agency blog post. Aiming to do for Jupiter’s frigid moons what Cassini did for Saturn’s weird and wonderful moons, the European Space Agency's (ESA) Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) mission will blast off in May 2022 for a seven...
