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JUICE mission launch shows the Ariane 5 rocket lifting off from the launch pad with billowing clouds beneath.

Europe successfully launches JUICE mission to study Jupiter's icy moons

By Mike Wall published

JUICE, Europe's first-ever Jupiter mission, launched Friday morning (April 14) on an ambitious quest to unlock the secrets of the giant planet's icy ocean moons.

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Europe's Ariane 5 rocket with the Jupiter Icy Moon Explorer in its nose cone on a launch pad in Kourou, French Guiana.

Europe's Jupiter explorer JUICE misses one-second launch window because of lightning risk

By Tereza Pultarova published

Europe's Jupiter explorer JUICE missed its first one-second launch window on Thursday, April 13, because of bad weather at the European spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana.

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An animation depicting Europe's JUICE spacecraft approaching Jupiter's moon Ganymede.

What time is Europe's JUICE Jupiter mission launch on April 14?

By Sharmila Kuthunur last updated

Europe's JUICE Jupiter mission is scheduled to lift off from French Guiana atop an Ariane 5 rocket on Friday (April 14) at 8:15 a.m. EDT (1215 GMT).

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a large rocket sits on a launch pad under a blue sky

Europe's JUICE Jupiter mission rolls out to pad for April 13 launch (photos)

By Brett Tingley published

The European Space Agency (ESA) shared images of the Ariane 5 rocket that will send its JUICE spacecraft to Jupiter and its moons as it is rolled out to the pad ahead of its April 13 launch.

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An artist's impression of Europe's Ariane 5 rocket blasting off with the Jupiter-bound JUICE spacecraft onboard.

Europe's JUICE mission has to squeeze into a 1-second launch window. Here's why.

By Tereza Pultarova published

Europe's Jupiter mission JUICE has only one second a day to launch to hit the correct trajectory that will take it to the gas giant planet in eight years' time.

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Europe's Ariane 5 rocket being rolled out for the launch of the Jupiter exploration mission JUICE.

How to watch the launch of Europe's JUICE mission to Jupiter on April 14

By Tereza Pultarova published

Europe's Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer mission is set to launch for its 8-year cruise to the solar system's largest planet on Friday at 8:14 EDT (1214 GMT) and you can watch it live via Space.com.

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a large planet orbits very close to a large star

New 'warm Jupiter' exoplanet discovered by NASA's planet-hunting satellite

By Robert Lea published

Things could be heating up for a newly discovered warm Jupiter planet. The exoplanet planet around 1,000 light years away could snuggle up to its star but only if another planet plays matchmaker.

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An artist's impression of JUICE arriving in the Jovian system (celestial bodies and distances not to scale).

Europe's JUICE Jupiter mission launches April 13. Here's what it will teach us

By Robert Lea published

The JUICE mission will begin its trek to the gas giant Jupiter on Thursday, April 13. When will it arrive, and what will it discover about the solar system's largest planet and its icy ocean moons?

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An artist's impression of ESA's JUICE spacecraft in orbit around the ocean moon Europa.

Europe's Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer is unlikely to find life. Here's why.

By Tereza Pultarova published

What will Europe's Jupiter Icy Moon Explorer (JUICE) tell us about the presence of life in the vicinity of the solar system's largest planet?

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An artist's impression of JUICE arriving in the Jovian system (celestial bodies and distances not to scale).

Why will it take Europe's JUICE spacecraft 8 years to get to Jupiter?

By Robert Lea published

Europe's JUICE mission will launch on Thursday (April 13), but won't reach Jupiter until 2031. Why will it take so long?

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