Juice one step closer to launch

Date: Tue, Feb 21, 2023 | 07:30 - 08:02 GMT | 08:30 - 09:02 CET

Replay: Tue, Feb 21, 2023 | 16:30 - 17:02 GMT | 17:30 - 18:02 CET

Type: ESA TV Exchange

Format: 16:9

After many years of study, development, building and testing, ESA’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer, Juice, has finally arrived at Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. At the end of 2022 the spacecraft underwent its final thermal vacuum test at an Airbus Defence and Space facility in Toulouse, as well as its final software verification tests, whereby it was controlled from the ESOC mission control centre in Darmstadt, Germany.

Soon, an Ariane 5 will lift Juice into orbit and send it on its journey to explore the largest planet in our Solar System and its three icy moons, Europa, Callisto and in particular Ganymede. By exploring and studying the Jovian system, the mission neatly fullfills its role in ESA’s Cosmic Vision programme, teaching us about our Universe and the origins of life.

More information at: https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Juice

Preview and download:
https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Videos/2023/02/Juice_one_step_closer_to_launch

Script:
ESA Juice one step closer to launch Final script_shotlist and TC.docx