2021–Present: Lunar Return, New Stations and Deep-Space Science
JUICE
En route to study Jupiter and its ocean-bearing moons.
Era 6 of 6 · full record in the catalog
- Launch
- 14 Apr 2023
- Lead / partner
- ESA
- Target
- Jupiter icy moons
- Category
- Planetary orbiter
- Status
- In transit
- Vehicle
- unknown
- Mass
- unknown
- Orbit / trajectory
- unknown
- Duration
- {{ubli|Cruise phase:8 years|Science phase:3.5 years|Elapsed:}}
Why it happened
JUICE flew during 2021–Present: Lunar Return, New Stations and Deep-Space Science, as part of ESA's work toward jupiter icy moons. A sourced write-up of the context around this mission is still on the editorial queue; nothing here is invented to fill the gap.
The mission
The full narrative of this mission is pending research and writing. What is recorded so far: En route to study Jupiter and its ocean-bearing moons.
Results
En route to study Jupiter and its ocean-bearing moons.
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Europa Clipper
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Hope (Emirates Mars Mission)
Success
BepiColombo
In transit
Aditya-L1
OperationalSources & image credits
- Image credit: NASA · license: public-domain (source, checked 2026-08-23)
- Mission record: AntarikshPedia canonical dataset (data-sources/missions_timeline.md)
- Specifications reference: NASA NSSDCA Master Catalog