US EditionESA's JUICE spacecraft flies by Venus on its way to Jupiter's icy moons
ESA's coordinated efforts restored JUICE's communications after a mid-July antenna failure, ensuring mission continuity during the critical Venus gravity-assist flyby en route to Jupiter.
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The European Space Agency (ESA) space probe Juice passed the planet Venus this morning. Venus's gravity should give it momentum for a journey that will ultimately take the probe to the moons of Jupiter. Astronomers hope to discover whether life could have originated on Jupiter's moons. It was unclear for a while whether Juice would be ready in time for the Venus pass. On July 16, communication was lost due to a software error, ESA reported last …
The ESA Restores Communications with JUICE at Venus
The European Space Agency’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) suffered a communications anomaly on its way Venus for a gravity-assist maneuver. Thanks to swift and coordinated action by the teams at ESA’s European Space Operations Centre (ESOC) and Airbus, communications were restored in time to prepare for its upcoming flyby with Venus.
Although we have had to wait more than 24 hours from the moment of maximum approach to the planet the European Space Agency (ESA) has just confirmed that everything has gone well with the Venus overflight of the Juice probe that occurred yesterday, August 31, 2025. The aim of the maneuver was to accelerate and modify its trajectory to redirect the probe to Earth to make another overflight in September 2026. Juice would have needed a speed of 11 …
A victim of a communication breakdown as it approached Venus, the European probe JUICE was saved by ESA. The journey to Jupiter is not a long, quiet river.
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