ESA JUICE Mission Progresses Toward Jupiter

ESA's JUICE mission executed precise gravity assists in 2025, advancing its 8-year trajectory to Jupiter and transmitting critical data on solar wind interactions. Designed to explore Ganymede, Callisto, and Europa, it targets subsurface oceans and potential habitability, with a 2025 milestone being 70% of the journey completed. This makes JUICE faster than the typical deep space science mission, outpacing NASA's Europa Clipper in early data return.