JUICE

Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer

active Mission
Illustration of spacecraft at Jupiter with four moons visible.

NASA is collaborating with the European Space Agency (ESA) on this ESA-led mission to the Jupiter system.

Type

Flyby, Orbiter

Launch

April 14, 2023

Target

Jupiter and its Moons

Objective

Study Jupiter and its moons Ganymede, Callisto, and Europa
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NASA/JPL-Caltech/VTAD
Goals
JUICE (JUpiter ICy moons Explorer) will explore Jupiter and three of its icy moons in depth.
Launch
April 14, 2023
Arrival at Jupiter
July 2031
Science Targets
Type
Orbiter
Agency
ESA
Mission Website

JUICE Stories

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Article
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NASA’s New Edition of Graphic Novel Features Europa Clipper

In the style of comic art, Europa clipper flies toward Europa, which appears as a quarter circle in close-up in the bottom left. A cutaway of the moon's surface reveals it's icy shell and an ocean beneath. Hydrothermal vents are visible. An altered image of Jupiter looms large in the background.
Article
3 min read

Europa Trek: NASA Offers a New Guided Tour of Jupiter’s Ocean Moon

6 min read

Liftoff! NASA’s Europa Clipper Sails Toward Ocean Moon of Jupiter

News Release
5 min read

Journey to a Water World: NASA’s Europa Clipper Is Ready to Launch

Article3 weeks ago
6 min read

Can Life Exist on an Icy Moon? NASA’s Europa Clipper Aims to Find Out

Article3 weeks ago
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