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Juice spacecraft’s historic Earth fly-by tonight
The European Space Agency’s Juice craft is set to return to Earth tonight, marking a historic fly-by. Flight controllers will navigate the Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice), equipped with UK-made scientific instruments, past the moon and then Earth. This challenging manoeuvre will see Juice using the moon’s gravity and then Earth’s to slow down and gain momentum for its journey…