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Juice snaps Moon en route to Earth
Published on August 20, 2024
Image: Juice snaps Moon en route to Earth
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Why Juice is coming back to Earth
August 19, 2024
Video: 00:09:15 ESA’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) returns to Earth on 19–20 August 2024, to complete the world's first Lunar-Earth gravity assist. Flight controllers will guide the spacecraft past the Moon and then Earth itself, ‘braking’ the spacecraft. This manoeuvre may seem counterintuitive but will allow Juice to take a shortcut via Venus on it's way to Jupiter. Juice has already
RFA Engine Explodes Due To Anomaly During Hot Fire Test At SaxaVord Spaceport
August 20, 2024
On 19 August, German aerospace startup Rocket Factory Augsburg (RFA), in preparation for its first orbital launch, conducted a static fire test of the first stage of at the launch site at SaxaVord Spaceport in Shetland. The test resulted in a rocket engine exploding.Read the full article in Orbital Today.
Juice snaps Moon en route to Earth | Space Enterprise Community