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JUICE

Tectonics on Ice…. learning about Jupiter’s Icy Moons and the JUICE mission.

January 25, 2023
Tectonics on Ice…. learning about Jupiter’s Icy Moons and the JUICE mission.
Image credit: USGS Astrogeology Science Center/Wheaton/NASA/JPL-Caltech

In April this year a new mission is being launched by the European Space Agency, called JUICE, which stands for the Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer. This mission aims to make detailed observations of the giant gas planet Jupiter and its three large ocean-bearing moons – Ganymede, Callisto and Europa – with a suite of remote sensing, geophysical and in situ instruments. But beyond the excitement of a ne ...[Read More]