{"id":44549,"date":"2023-05-17T14:50:48","date_gmt":"2023-05-17T14:50:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcskyatnight\/?post_type=purple_issue&#038;p=44549"},"modified":"2023-05-30T12:12:54","modified_gmt":"2023-05-30T12:12:54","slug":"juice-begins-its-journey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcskyatnight\/2023\/05\/17\/juice-begins-its-journey\/","title":{"rendered":"JUICE begins its journey"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"no-tts wp-block-image size-large article-in-image photo\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/77\/2023\/05\/GettyImages_1251811879_preview-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"no-tts wp-image-45197\" srcset=\"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/77\/2023\/05\/GettyImages_1251811879_preview-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/77\/2023\/05\/GettyImages_1251811879_preview-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/77\/2023\/05\/GettyImages_1251811879_preview-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/77\/2023\/05\/GettyImages_1251811879_preview-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/77\/2023\/05\/GettyImages_1251811879_preview-2048x1366.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>JUICE atop an Ariane 5 rocket lifts off for its eight-year trip <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"article-full-body sans-serif\"><strong>The Jupiter Icy <\/strong>Moons Explorer (JUICE) from the European Space Agency is on its way, following a successful launch at 12:14 UTC on 14 April from French Guiana. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"article-full-body sans-serif\">The launch was scheduled for the previous day, but was put on hold due to bad weather. The spacecraft unfurled its solar wings around 90 minutes later, but it will spend the next few months deploying and testing its instruments as its continues its journey to Jupiter. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"article-full-body sans-serif\">It will have plenty of time, as JUICE will not arrive at the planet until July 2031. It will conduct several fly-bys of the icy moons Europa, Callisto and Ganymede, taking detailed measurements of their surface geology, composition and magnetic fields. It will then eventually enter orbit around Ganymede in December 2034. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"article-full-body sans-serif\">The mission is the first dedicated to studying these icy worlds. One key area of study is the liquid water oceans thought to lie beneath the surface of all three moons, considered to be one of the most likely places to find life beyond our planet. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"article-full-body sans-serif\">\u201cThe treasure trove of data that ESA\u2019s JUICE will provide will enable the science community worldwide to dig in and uncover the mysteries of the Jovian system, explore the nature and habitability of oceans on other worlds and answer questions yet unasked by future generations of scientists,\u201d says Carole Mundell, ESA\u2019s director of science. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.esa.int\">www.esa.int<\/a> <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"footer\">PHOTO: JODY AMIET\/GETTY IMAGES<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer sets off on its eight-year trip<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":45200,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ub_ctt_via":"","purple_page_number":"13","purple_custom_meta_purple_page_number":"13","purple_seq_number":"2","purple_custom_meta_purple_seq_number":"2","purple_source_article":"article_13-2.xml","purple_custom_meta_purple_source_article":"article_13-2.xml","purple_source_issue":"June-2023","purple_custom_meta_purple_source_issue":"June-2023","purple_external_id":"June-2023-13-2","purple_custom_meta_purple_external_id":"June-2023-13-2","purple_issue_code":"|0000086565||","purple_custom_meta_purple_issue_code":"|0000086565||","purple_android_product":"com.im.skyatnight.217","purple_custom_meta_purple_android_product":"com.im.skyatnight.217","purple_ios_product":"com.im.skyatnight.217","purple_custom_meta_purple_ios_product":"com.im.skyatnight.217","purple_web_product":"","purple_custom_meta_purple_web_product":"","purple_publication_id":"075fab74-0a21-4201-866a-899d6c41c40c","purple_migrated":"","kt_blocks_editor_width":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[14],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/77\/2023\/05\/GettyImages_1251811879_preview-2-scaled.jpg","author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcskyatnight\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"acf":{"readingTimeMinutes":"2","apple_news_title":""},"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/77\/2023\/05\/GettyImages_1251811879_preview-2-scaled.jpg",2560,1708,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/77\/2023\/05\/GettyImages_1251811879_preview-2-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/77\/2023\/05\/GettyImages_1251811879_preview-2-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/77\/2023\/05\/GettyImages_1251811879_preview-2-768x512.jpg",768,512,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/77\/2023\/05\/GettyImages_1251811879_preview-2-1024x683.jpg",800,534,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/77\/2023\/05\/GettyImages_1251811879_preview-2-1536x1025.jpg",1536,1025,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/77\/2023\/05\/GettyImages_1251811879_preview-2-2048x1366.jpg",2048,1366,true]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcskyatnight\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer sets off on its eight-year trip","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcskyatnight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44549"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcskyatnight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcskyatnight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcskyatnight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcskyatnight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44549"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcskyatnight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44549\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45328,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcskyatnight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44549\/revisions\/45328"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcskyatnight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45200"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcskyatnight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44549"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcskyatnight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44549"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcskyatnight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44549"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}