The European Space Agency launched a new probe on Friday morning—sending it en route for an eight year road trip to the gas giant where it’ll take a closer look at the planet and its moons.
. That’s why the European Space Agency launched a new probe on Friday morning—sending it en route for an eight year road trip to the gas giant where it’ll take a closer look at the planet and its moons.
“Juice’s spectacular launch carries with it the vision and ambition of those who conceived the mission decades ago, the skill and passion of everyone who has built this incredible machine, the drive of our flight operations team, and the curiosity of the global science community,” Josef Aschbacher, the head of the ESA, said in a. “Together, we will keep pushing the boundaries of science and exploration in order to answer humankind’s biggest questions.
When it arrives in July 2031, it will spend nearly four years orbiting Jupiter itself. During this time, it’ll make 35 flybys of the three moons before rounding out the mission by orbiting Ganymede specifically. If and when that happens, it’ll mark the first time a spacecraft has ever orbited the moon in the outer solar system.
“Today, we have sent a suite of ground-breaking science instruments on a journey to Jupiter’s moons that will give us an exquisite close-up view that would have been unimaginable to previous generations,” Carole Mundell, the director of science for the ESA, said in a statement.
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