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Europe's Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) Mission Is About to Launch

The universe truly has to align for the European Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) mission to lift off. Set to blast off on Friday (April 14), JUICE will embark on an eight-year journey to Jupiter, with the spacecraft estimated to arrive at the gas giant in July 2031.

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Europe's Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) Mission Is About to Launch
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    Europe's JUICE mission has to squeeze into a 1-second launch window. Here's why.

    Europe's JUICE mission has to squeeze into a 1-second launch window. Here's why.

    JUICE needs the universe to align so that it can get to Jupiter with as little fuel as possible. Editor's note: ESA has postponed the launch of its …

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