Juice's lunar-Earth flyby: the complete path

On 19–20 August 2024, ESA’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) will achieve a world first: using the gravity of the Moon and then Earth to bend its path through space, bringing it one step closer to Jupiter.

This infographic presents the key milestones before, during and after this lunar-Earth gravity assist.

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[Image description: Infographic with Juice's trajectory through the Solar System on the left. On the right we see a zoom-in on the the lunar-Earth flyby part of the trajectory, with key milestones marked.]