Simply AWESOME! JUICE spacecraft snaps selfie with Earth in background
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Just a week ago, the European Space Agency's first ever Jupiter mission took off from ELA-3 in Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. The mission, named Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer or JUICE, is being led by the European Space Agency (ESA). The spacecraft will study three of Jupiter's Galilean moons — Ganymede, Callisto, and Europa — in search of water and signs of life on them. The spacecraft shot into space on the Ariane 5 rocket. Interestingly, the spacecraft took 'selfies' while leaving Earth behind.ESA released 'selfies' taken by the JUICE spacecraft shortly after liftoff, with Earth in the background. According to ESA, the images were captured just hours following the April 14 launch, with the help of body-mounted cameras, which are to be used to monitor the deployment ...
