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Europe's JUICE probe will be 1st to use gravity of Earth and moon to slingshot to Jupiter

A 43-minute burn set the stage for JUICE's upcoming 'double gravity assist' to propel it towards Jupiter. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how ...
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Juice spacecraft gears up for first ever Earth-moon gravity boost

The European Space Agency (ESA)’s Juice mission is heading to Jupiter, but it isn’t traveling all that way in a straight line. Instead, like most solar system missions, the spacecraft makes use of the ...
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The Mastermind behind MESSENGER’s Trajectory Honored for Efforts

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ExtremeTech

ESA's JUICE Probe Lines Up for First-Ever Earth-Moon Gravity Assist

The European Space Agency's JUICE spacecraft left Earth behind this past April en route to the gas giant Jupiter and its enormous collection of moons. That won't happen for a few years, though. For ...
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Here's How NASA's Life-Hunting Spacecraft Will Use Mars to Slingshot to Jupiter

There is this idea in the space exploration industry that planets and moons can easily be used to make course corrections and accelerate spacecraft. In official speak, that's called gravity assist ...