ESA’s Icy Moons Explorer Racks Up Two World Firsts
The European Space Agency’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer spacecraft has completed the first-ever lunar-Earth flyby and the first-ever double gravity assist manoeuvre. Following its close approach to Earth, the spacecraft began its journey toward Venus for a flyby in 2025. The Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) was selected in May 2012 to be the first […]
Published by European Spaceflight on 08/22/2024
