JUICE completes Earth-Moon flyby
Posted: Sat, Aug 24, 2024, 12:17 PM ET (1617 GMT)
ESA's Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) mission has completed a dual flyby of the Earth and Moon. The spacecraft passed about 750 kilometers above the Moon on Monday, followed 24 hours later by a flyby 6,840 kilometers above the Earth. The flyby, the first time a spacecraft has made gravity-assist swingbys of the Moon and Earth, puts JUICE on course for a Venus flyby next August. That will be followed by two more Earth flybys in 2026 and 2029 before the mission arrives at its destination, Jupiter, in 2031.
ESA's Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) mission has completed a dual flyby of the Earth and Moon. The spacecraft passed about 750 kilometers above the Moon on Monday, followed 24 hours later by a flyby 6,840 kilometers above the Earth. The flyby, the first time a spacecraft has made gravity-assist swingbys of the Moon and Earth, puts JUICE on course for a Venus flyby next August. That will be followed by two more Earth flybys in 2026 and 2029 before the mission arrives at its destination, Jupiter, in 2031.
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