Juice's lunar-Earth flyby: step I, the Moon

On 19 August, ESA’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) will fly past the Moon as part of a world-first lunar-Earth flyby. The flyby will use the gravity of the Moon and Earth to bend Juice’s path through space, bringing it one step closer to Jupiter.

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[Image description: Infographic covering Juice's lunar-Earth flyby, with Juice's trajectory through the Earth-Moon system on the left. On the right is a zoom-in of Juice's closest approach to the Moon, showing key moments in the hours before and after closest approach.]