The European Space Agency (ESA) announced on Thursday that its latest space probe, the Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice), had been delivered to ESA’s European Space Research and Technology Centre (Estec) in the Netherlands. The spacecraft had been transferred from the Friedrichshafen facility of its prime contractor, Airbus Defence and Space. The delivery to ESA (which is not an agency of the European Union) actually took place last week, but was only disclosed on Thursday. Juice is currently being unpacked and prepared for testing in Estec’s Large Space Simulator. This is the largest thermal vacuum chamber in Europe.
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