The European Space Agency is sending a probe called JUICE to Jupiter's moons — and we've got all the info you need to watch the launch.
On Thursday , the European Space Agency is launching an exciting new mission to study whether the moons of Jupiter have the potential to host alien life: the Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer, also known as JUICE . And you can watch the launch happen, thanks to ESA's live coverage , which is scheduled to start at 7:45 a.m. EDT , with the launch set to happen at 8:15 a.m. EDT .
This mission will be the first to orbit a moon in the outer solar system, since it will spend time orbiting Ganymede. Jupiter's four largest moons are known as the Galilean moons, as they were discovered by Galileo Galilei; of these, Ganymede is the largest, and the only moon in the solar system to have a magnetic field.
JUICE will spend about eight years traveling to Jupiter, and its long journey starts with this launch. The satellite is currently perched atop an Ariane 5 rocket at Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana.
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