The European Space Agency's JUICE mission, en route to explore Jupiter’s icy moons, recently completed a historic gravity assist maneuver using both the Moon and Earth. This complex two-night maneuver required precise timing, with a launch window of just one second. The first phase, passing the Moon, tested scientific instruments, while the second phase, passing Earth, took place on the night of August 20-21. The mission also released its first image, captured by a monitoring camera rather than the main scientific camera.
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