So we are being opportunistic,” Altobelli told Reuters. Following up on NASA’s 1990s Galileo mission to Jupiter, the ESA-led JUICE mission will orbit the solar system’s largest planet, perform fly-bys ...

The JUICE spacecraft will slingshot around the Moon and Earth in quick succession on its way to Jupiter’s moons. Next week, the Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) probe will whip past both the Moon ...

A NASA spacecraft dedicated to studying a small ocean world will carry with it a metal plaque etched with the ripples created by the many ways humans say "water." Glaze held up a backup version of the ...

For over 25 years, the scientific community has looked forward to the exploration of Europa, Jupiter’s icy moon. NASA's Europa Clipper mission is finally bringing this dream to fruition with a launch ...

NASA has begun to release photos taken by the spacecraft Juno during its 31st close flyby of Jupiter in late 2020. A photo released Thursday shows a vortex near the gas giant’s north pole with an ...

PARIS (Reuters) -European scientists were poised to attempt a first in orbital gymnastics late on Monday, tapping into the gravity of the Moon and then the Earth in quick succession to guide the JUICE ...