7503 20250204103801.0 Baland, R.-M. JUICE: Exploring the Icy Moons of Jupiter 2023 2023-04-05 On 13 April 2023 at 14:15 Belgian time, the ESA spacecraft JUICE will take off on board an Ariane 5 launcher from ESA’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guyana. After an 8-year-long journey, JUICE, an acronym for JUpiter ICy moons Explorer, will investigate Jupiter and its icy moons, with a special focus on Ganymede, the largest moon in the solar system. In December 2034, the spacecraft will be inserted in orbit around Ganymede. It will be the first time a spacecraft will orbit a moon other than our own. The Royal Observatory of Belgium (ORB-KSB) and the Royal Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy (BIRA-IASB) are involved in this mission. NO Van Hoolst, T. Trinh, A. Yseboodt, M. Karatekin, Ö. Lefever, K. Bolsée, D. lebinhsan.pham@ksb-orb.be https://www.astro.oma.be/en/juice-exploring-the-icy-moons-of-jupiter/ PRESSREL