The European Space Agencys (ESA) Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer mission Juice is ready to embark on its journey to the solar systems largest planet. Juice is scheduled to launch today, April 13, at 14:15 CEST (13:15 BST) from Europes spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. Juice will make the 8-year, 6.6 billion km trip to study three of Jupiters moons: Ganymede, Callisto and Europa. Each of these worlds has an ocean of water hidden underneath an icy shell an important target for astronomers searching for life beyond Earth. ESA will stream the launch live on its website…
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