ESA's Juice Mission Completes Third Gravity Assist on its Journey to Jupiter

The European Space Agency's Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) spacecraft successfully completed its third gravity assist earlier this week, a crucial maneuver that modified its course by approximately 20 degrees and increased its velocity by about 3.5 km per second. This assist is part of the mission's complex trajectory to efficiently travel to Jupiter and its icy moons, Ganymede, Europa, and Callisto, to search for ingredients necessary for life.