The European Space Agency's Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice), which flies to Jupiter, took its first " The image, taken by a camera located in front of the device, hit the Earth and part of its solar panels, according to New Atlas..

Juice launched on April 14 and began its eight-year journey to the gas giant's system.. It will circle the Earth, Moon and Venus to gain enough speed to reach its goal in 2031.. After that, the device will make several flybys of Jupiter's satellites Callisto, Europa and Ganymede, and then enter orbit around the latter..

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Juice is currently deploying its instrument booms and antennas for commissioning. To help with this, the spacecraft is equipped with two surveillance cameras, JMC1 and JMC2.. The first of them is turned to one of the solar panels of the apparatus, the deployed antennas will enter its field of view.

The second is located on top of the apparatus and is directed in such a way as to see the deployment of the 16-meter antenna Radar for Icy Moons Exploration (RIME).

Scientists have previously said that the newborn Jupiter was so bright and hot that it irradiated four of its satellites with such intense light that it evaporated water on them and deprived them of volatile substances.. This could explain the strange composition of the planet's Galilean satellites..