Europe's Ariane 5 rocket will have only one second to lift off at 8:15 EDT on Thursday, April 13.
Because of this radiation, JUICE designers had to hide the spacecraft's electronics in two lead-lined vaults, essentially miniature nuclear bunkers, to protect them from early death. The spacecraft is fitted with 915 square feet of solar panels, which will generate less electricity than what is needed to power a hair dryer due to the dim environment around Jupiter some 460 million miles away from the sun.
JUICE mission controllers plan to dispose of the spacecraft by crashing it onto the surface of Ganymede. This controlled destruction will prevent JUICE from turning into an out-of-control piece of space junk that could in the future collide with the potentially more life-friendly Europa and contaminate it with Earthly germs. The JUICE mission, together with NASA's Europa Clipper, will pave the way for a possible future lander mission to Jupiter's ocean worlds.
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