ESA's Juice Spacecraft Executes Historic 8...

On September 28, 2026, the Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer performed a precision gravity-assist maneuver over the I! Swipe to see →

ESA'S JUICE SPACECRAFT EXECUTES HISTO...

The European Space Agency successfully executed the closest Earth flyby of the Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer spacecraft on the morning of Se...

THE ORBITAL MECHANICS OF THE GRAVITY-...

The flyby of September 28, 2026, represents the third planned orbital push calculated by the space navigation team in Germany. By approac...

SCIENTIFIC TESTING AND INSTRUMENT CAL...

During the four hours surrounding closest approach, the scientific team activated eight of the ten advanced instruments onboard the space...

THE INTERPLANETARY JOURNEY TOWARD THE...

The Juice mission launched in April 2023 aboard an Ariane 5 rocket from the Kourou Space Centre in French Guiana. Since then, the spacecr...

ADVANCED RADAR SOUNDING AND ICE CRUST...

The RIME (Radar for Icy Moons Exploration) instrument represents one of the primary payloads carried aboard the Juice spacecraft. Operati...

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

The primary goal of the flyby was executing a planned gravity-assist maneuver to alter the spacecraft's speed and direction without consu...

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