What type of lander could touch down on Jupiter's volcanic moon, Io? This is what a recent paper presented at the AIAA 2025 Regional Student Conference hopes to address as a team of student engineers ...

SPACE (KXAN) — A spacecraft is attempting something unusual and groundbreaking this week. It will harness the gravity of the Earth and Moon to slingshot its way to the other side of the solar system.

PARIS >> European scientists were due to attempt a first in orbital gymnastics late on Monday, tapping into the gravity of the Moon and then the Earth in quick succession to guide the JUICE probe ...

Beyond Gravity, a leading supplier to the space industry, provided key products for Europe’s first mission to Jupiter. The Airbus-built Juice satellite is controlled by a computer and protected by ...

Set to blast off on Thursday (April 13), the Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) will embark on an eight-year journey to Jupiter, with the spacecraft estimated to arrive at the gas giant in July 2031.

A recent study shows the asteroid belt is slowly losing material due to gravitational forces and collisions, with ...

NASA spacecraft Juno has collected new data on its mission to Jupiter revealing some of the swirling inner mysteries of the giant gas-planet. The surface of Jupiter, the fifth planet from the sun and ...

For a long time, Jupiter had always been in my mind as that 'gas ball' composed of hydrogen and helium from documentaries. My imagination made me think that any celestial body could easily penetrate ...

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On March 1, NASA's Europa Clipper will streak just 550 miles (884 kilometers) above the surface of Mars for what's known as a gravity assist—a maneuver to bend the spacecraft's trajectory and position ...

On 19–20 August 2024, ESA’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) will achieve a world first: using the gravity of the Moon and then Earth to bend its path through space, bringing it one step closer to ...