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ESA Juice Mission: Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer Passes Atomic Oxygen Test Ahead of Journey

ESA's Juice mission to Jupiter's moons, set to launch on April 13th, has undergone extensive testing. The said testing included evaluating the effects of atomic oxygen on spacecraft materials, particularly silver interconnects used in the solar arrays, to ensure they can withstand the mission's elliptical orbit phase around Ganymede. Click here to learn more.
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