The Jupiter icy moons mission (JUICE) has begun its trip to examine Jupiter, our largest planet, and determine whether some of its icy moons may support life

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The UK Space Agency funds one of the ten science instruments aboard the European Space Agency’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE), and it has contributed to the creation of two more.

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JUICE will launch from Kourou in French Guiana on Friday 14 April at 1.14pm and will spend eight years going to the Jupiter system. It will fly by Earth and Venus along the route, using their gravitational fields to produce enough speed to reach Jupiter. The first lunar-Earth gravity assists manoeuvre will be one of these.

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