What does JUICE stand for?

Jupiter Internal Core Experiment

What first did JUICE achieve in 2024?

A combined flyby of the Moon and Earth

What first will JUICE achieve at Ganymede?

Orbiting a moon of another planet

JUICE Mission Quiz: Europe's Probe to Jupiter's Icy Moons

This JUICE mission quiz follows the European Space Agency's Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer. Play 10 interactive questions on its April 2023 launch on Ariane 5, an unusual Moon and Earth double flyby, arrival at Jupiter around 2031, studying Ganymede, Europa and Callisto, becoming the first spacecraft to orbit a moon of another planet and searching for hidden oceans.

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🎯 Daily Trivia Challenge • 🧠 10 Questions • ⏱️ 150 Seconds

Question 1 / 10 Time: 150s

Name
What does JUICE stand for?
Agency
Which space agency leads JUICE?
Launch
When did JUICE launch?
Rocket
Which rocket launched JUICE?
Flyby
What first did JUICE achieve in 2024?
Arrive
When will JUICE reach Jupiter?
Moons
Which moons will JUICE study?
Orbit
What first will JUICE achieve at Ganymede?
Oceans
What does JUICE hope to learn about?
Partner
Which NASA mission will also visit Europa?

Explanations: answer key for all 10 questions

Q1: What does JUICE stand for?
Answer: JUpiter ICy moons Explorer
Its name hints at its targets.
Q2: Which space agency leads JUICE?
Answer: European Space Agency
Many countries contributed.
Q3: When did JUICE launch?
Answer: April 2023
It launched from French Guiana.
Q4: Which rocket launched JUICE?
Answer: Ariane 5
It was one of Ariane 5's last flights.
Q5: What first did JUICE achieve in 2024?
Answer: A combined flyby of the Moon and Earth
It used both for a boost.
Q6: When will JUICE reach Jupiter?
Answer: Around 2031
The journey takes years.
Q7: Which moons will JUICE study?
Answer: Ganymede, Europa and Callisto
All are thought to hold water.
Q8: What first will JUICE achieve at Ganymede?
Answer: Orbiting a moon of another planet
Ganymede is the largest moon.
Q9: What does JUICE hope to learn about?
Answer: Hidden oceans under the ice
Water may lie deep below.
Q10: Which NASA mission will also visit Europa?
Answer: Europa Clipper
Data will be compared.

Europe's Explorer for Icy Moons

JUICE, the JUpiter ICy moons Explorer, is a European Space Agency mission launched in April 2023 on an Ariane 5 rocket from French Guiana. Many countries contributed instruments. In 2024 it made a first-ever combined flyby of the Moon and Earth, using both for a gravity boost.

JUICE is expected to reach Jupiter around 2031. It will study three large icy moons, Ganymede, Europa and Callisto, all thought to hold water beneath their surfaces, and investigate Jupiter's atmosphere and magnetic field.

Later in the mission, JUICE will become the first spacecraft to orbit a moon of another planet, entering orbit around Ganymede, the largest moon in the Solar System. Scientists hope to learn how deep its hidden ocean lies and whether such moons could be habitable. NASA's Europa Clipper will also study Europa.

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Did You Know?

Its solar arrays are huge.
Radar will probe the ice.
Ganymede has its own magnetic field.
A boom antenna had a deployment problem and was freed.
Callisto is heavily cratered.