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European spacecraft rockets toward Jupiter and its icy moons

A European spacecraft has blasted off on a quest to explore Jupiter and three of its ice-encrusted moons

The Independent UK · Apr 14, 2023

Juice Jupiter rocket to search for life on moons blasts off in vital space mission

The six-tonne probe, named Juice (Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer), has blasted off on Thursday to the solar system's biggest planet to see if its ocean-bearing moons support life

Daily Mirror · Apr 14, 2023

Europe's Jupiter explorer JUICE misses one-second launch window because of lightning risk

Europe's Jupiter explorer JUICE missed its first one-second launch window on Thursday, April 13, because of bad weather at the European spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana.

Space · Apr 13, 2023

Europe's JUICE Jupiter mission launches April 13. Here's what it will teach us

The JUICE mission will begin its trek to the gas giant Jupiter on Thursday, April 13. When will it arrive, and what will it discover about the solar system's largest planet and its icy ocean moons?

Space · Apr 12, 2023

What Lies Beneath the Ice of Jupiter's Moons? Two Missions Will Investigate

Europe's JUICE and NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft will soon launch to Jupiter to study its icy and possibly habitable moons.

Inverse · Apr 12, 2023

Europe's Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer is unlikely to find life. Here's why.

What will Europe's Jupiter Icy Moon Explorer (JUICE) tell us about the presence of life in the vicinity of the solar system's largest planet?

Space · Apr 11, 2023

Juice: the European space mission to find life on Jupiter’s moons

Mike Sori, assistant professor of planetary science at Purdue University explains how this week’s European Space Agency launch could be one of the most important in recent history.

The Week · Apr 11, 2023

Jupiter's moons hide giant subsurface oceans – two upcoming missions are sending spacecraft to see if these moons could support life

On April 13, 2023, the European Space Agency is scheduled to launch a rocket carrying a spacecraft destined for Jupiter. The Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer – or JUICE – will spend at least three years on Jupiter’s moons after it arrives in 2031. In October 2024, NASA is also planning…

The Conversation · Apr 10, 2023

Ready for launch: the mission to find alien life on Jupiter’s icy moons

The eight-year, £1.4bn voyage into deep space will explore the frozen oceans of Ganymede, Europa and Callisto

The Guardian - UK · Apr 9, 2023

ESA gearing up for mission to discover if Jupiter's moons can support life

Six-tonne probe named Juice to set out on 6.6 billion kilometre journey to the solar system’s biggest planet

Wales Online · Apr 8, 2023