Jupiter-bound Airbus spacecraft takes off

Airbus has announced the JUICE (JUpiter ICy moons Explorer) has “spread its wings” after the successful take-off for Jupiter on April 14, a day after bad weather caused a 24-hour postponement, “The Airbus-built JUICE is now officially on its way to Jupiter!”, the French aerospace company announced, with more equipment and instruments to “be progressively turned on in the next few days” amid tests by the operations team “to make sure they are all fully operational”. The journey is expected to take eight years, after which the vessel will be in the Jupiter area for four years. “After years of