Next week, Europe will fly its first mission to the Jupiter system to explore the gas giant and three of its intriguing moons.
The European Space Agency (ESA)-led Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer spacecraft, or JUICE, will launch on Thursday (April 13) from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana. JUICE, packed with what ESA describes as "the most powerful payload ever flown to the outer solar system," was recently cocooned inside the Ariane 5 rocket that will fly it to space.
