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Jupiter mission will be first to orbit moon of another planet

Europe’s JUICE spacecraft will study three of Jupiter’s four Galilean moons: Ganymede, Callisto and Europa.
  1. Davide Castelvecchi
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Update: The JUICE mission launched successfully on 14 April, after being called off the day before due to a risk of lightning.

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Nature 616, 420-421 (2023)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-023-01256-x

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  • Update 14 April 2023: This article was updated following the mission’s successful launch.

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