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Animation showing ESA’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) using moon and Earth for gravity assist manoeuvres to gain power to get to Venus

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Video. ESA's JUICE mission to attempt first ever flyby of Moon and Earth

Updated: 22/08/2024 - 15:16 GMT+2

The agency says it is attempting a "double-world first" – the first-ever lunar-Earth flyby and the first-ever double gravity assist manoeuvre.

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