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ESA's JUICE Probe Completes First

By:Lucas

TapTechNews August 23rd news, the European Space Agency (ESA) tweeted on the X platform on August 21st, announcing that the JUICE probe completed the world's first lunar-earth flyby, thus taking a shortcut and starting to fly to Jupiter via Venus.

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The ESA official website introduced that this flyby mission has been completed between the 19th and 20th, aiming to change the flight path of the probe in space, first using the gravitational pull of the moon and then using the gravitational pull of the earth to change the speed and direction of the probe.

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The ESA also shared the latest photos taken during this lunar-earth flyby, and these photos were all taken by the spacecraft's NavCam. NavCam was originally designed to assist JUICE in turning near Ganymede, Europa, and Callisto, but the officials praised the shooting effect.

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TapTechNews had published an article on August 21st, detailing this lunar-earth flyby. Interested users can click the link below. The goal of the JUICE spacecraft is to reach Jupiter in 2031 through multiple complex orbital flights.

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The ESA JUICE Probe Performs a 'Lunar-Earth Flyby' with the Goal of Reaching Jupiter in 2031

ESA JUICE Probe JUPITER Flyby

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