On Friday 14 April, after a 24-hour delay, the Juice (Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer) probe took off from Kourou to explore Jupiter and its icy moons.
According to the European Space Agency (ESA), the probe will make detailed observations of the gas giant planet Jupiter and its three large oceanic moons - Callisto, Europa and especially Ganymede - with a payload of ten unique scientific instruments, an interferometric experiment and a radiation monitor.
The mission will explore the icy moons,...