ESA Juice Mission will Launch today 13th April for Jupiter Know All about this

Today is a big day for the world of space science. A mission is going to be launched to explore Jupiter and its moons, the largest planet in our solar system. The European Space Agency (ESA) is set to launch the ‘Juice mission’ on an Ariane 5 launcher from its spaceport in French Guiana. The special thing is that after its launch today, ‘Juice’ will take 8 years to reach Jupiter. If everything goes well, ‘Juice’ can reach Jupiter in the year 2031. The purpose of this mission is to conduct a detailed exploration of our solar system’s largest planet and its icy moons, where the atmosphere may be habitable.

Only 2 spacecraft have reached Jupiter so far

of reports AccordingOnly two spacecraft have been able to reach Jupiter so far. The first among these is Galileo probe. It orbited Jupiter between 1995 and 2003. At the same time, Juno, which was launched in the year 2011, reached Jupiter in the year 2016 and is orbiting around it. Recently Juno has completed 50 orbits of Jupiter.

NASA is going to send another mission

American space agency NASA is also going to send a mission to Jupiter. of the information AccordingNASA’s Europa Clipper is going to be launched in October this year. The special thing is that it will reach Jupiter before the ‘Juice’ of the European Space Agency. Europa Clipper could reach Jupiter in 2030, while Juice would reach our solar system’s largest planet a year later. The purpose of Europa Clipper is to specifically study Jupiter’s moon ‘Europa’.

What will be achieved from Juice Mission?

The full name of JUS is Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer Mission. European Space Agency AccordingWith the help of the instruments installed in the Juice spacecraft, not only Jupiter will be explored, but its three moons – Ganymede, Callisto and Europa will also be examined in detail. Scientists think Jupiter’s moons have oceans of water beneath their surface. This one reason can make these satellites habitable. According to Indian time, the launch of Juice Mission may take place around 5:30 pm today.