The Wall Street JournalJupiter mission is set to explore icy worlds
A spacecraft nicknamed Juice will today embark on a mission to study three of Jupiter’s largest moons, the WSJ reports. Among other things it will search for underground oceans that could harbor life.
Curated by informedA historic mission to Jupiter is about to blast off.
The European Space Agency’s spacecraft nicknamed Juice—for Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer—is set to begin an eight-year journey toward the planet and three of its largest moons. Juice is scheduled to launch Friday morning Eastern Time from a spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, after an earlier attempt was scrubbed because of lightning risk.
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