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Ice-penetrating radar will help JUICE and other spacecraft find water beyond Earth

The Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) left Earth a year ago to begin a mission to explore Jupiter’s potential ocean moons Ganymede, Callisto, and Europa in detail. Water is a vital component for life on Earth, so learning more about its distribution on these moons and other moons such as Saturn’s moon Enceladus could tell… Read More »

In the virtual reality universe, the upcoming ‘JUICE’ mission flies past Jupiter’s moon Callisto

Although it’s still seven years away from reaching Jupiter, FRUIT JUICE The mission is progressing quickly — and a recent test run simulated the mission’s spacecraft flying next to Jupiter’s icy moon. Callisto. It took off from Europe’s spaceport in French Guiana one year agoThe Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer, known simply as JUICE, is still… Read More »