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Jupiter Icy Moon Explorer (JUICE) - Artist view

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ESA/Novapix

Reference

e-son14-01554

Date

2017-04-15

The JUpiter ICy moons Explorer (JUICE) is an interplanetary spacecraft in development by the European Space Agency (ESA). The mission is being developed to visit the Jovian system focused on studying three of Jupiter's Galilean moons: Ganymede, Callisto, and Europa all of which are thought to have significant bodies of liquid water beneath their surfaces, making them potentially habitable environments.The spacecraft is set for launch in 2022 and would reach Jupiter in 2030.