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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NASA’s Juno Gives Aerial Views of Mountain, Lava Lake on Io

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Media Get Close-Up of NASA’s Jupiter-Bound Europa Clipper

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NASA’s Europa Clipper Survives and Thrives in ‘Outer Space’ on Earth

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Sending “Water” to Europa

Image Article
A side-by-side image showing both faces of Jupiter on the black background of space. At the top, left corner of the left-hand image is the label Jupiter. Centered at the bottom is the label "January 5, 2024." Jupiter is banded in stripes of brownish orange, light gray, soft yellow, and shades of cream, punctuated with many large storms and small white clouds. The largest storm, the Great Red Spot, is the most prominent feature in the left bottom third of this view. To its lower right is a smaller reddish anticyclone, Red Spot Jr. On the right-hand image, centered at the bottom is the label "January 6, 2024." This opposite side of Jupiter is also banded in stripes of brownish orange, light gray, soft yellow, and shades of cream, with many large storms and small white clouds punctuating the planet. At upper right of center, a pair of storms appear next to each other: a deep-red, triangle-shaped cyclone and a reddish anticyclone. Toward the far-left edge of this view is Jupiter's tiny orange-colored moon Io.
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Hubble Tracks Jupiter’s Stormy Weather

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