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A little help from Earth 🌍
On 28 September, our Juice spacecraft flew by Earth, using our planet’s gravity to adjust its course towards Jupiter, increasing its speed by 3.5 km/s while using very little fuel.
Next up: another Earth flyby in 2029, before Jupiter in 2031.
đź”— http://esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Juice/Successful_Earth_flyby_improves_Juice_s_course_to_Jupiter
2026-09-29T11:28:57.662Z