Juice’s cruise to Jupiter

ESA’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer, Juice, is set to embark on an eight-year cruise to Jupiter starting April 2023. The mission will investigate the emergence of habitable worlds around gas giants and the Jupiter system as an archetype for the numerous giant planets now known to orbit other stars.

This animation depicts Juice’s journey to Jupiter, from leaving Earth’s surface (April 2023) and performing multiple gravity assist flybys in the inner Solar System to arrival at Jupiter (July 2031).

Watch the full sequence of Juice’s journey to, and tour of, Jupiter and its icy moons.

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