Watch LIVE: ESA’s Jupiter-bound space mission is launching today

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Watch LIVE: ESA’s Jupiter-bound space mission is launching today

Siôn Geschwindt

Update (14: 03 CEST, April 13, 2023): Due to poor weather conditions, the launch has been rescheduled till tomorrow (Friday, 14 April) at 14: 15 CEST.  

The European Space Agency’s (ESA) Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer mission — ‘Juice’ — is ready to embark on its journey to the solar system’s largest planet.

Juice is scheduled to launch today, April 13, at 14: 15 CEST (13: 15 BST) from Europe’s spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. 

Juice will make the 8-year, 6.6 billion km trip to study three of Jupiter’s moons: Ganymede, Callisto, and Europa. Each of these worlds has an ocean of water hidden underneath an icy shell — an important target for astronomers searching for life beyond Earth.   

ESA will stream the launch live on its website and on its YouTube channel which you can view below. French viewers can access ESA’s Web TV Two.

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