JUICE spacecraft captures first space selfies on journey to Jupiter's icy moons.

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JUICE spacecraft captures first space selfies on journey to Jupiter's icy moons.
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The Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) spacecraft, equipped with several cameras, has taken its first "selfies" from space, capturing stunning images with Earth as a backdrop. JUICE's primary mission is to probe beneath the icy shells of the Jovian moons Europa, Ganymede and Callisto to investigate the subsurface oceans believed to lurk beneath the icy surfaces of these large moons of Jupiter. The spacecraft will use a scientific camera to take high-resolution images of Jupiter and the icy moons when it reaches the Jovian system in 2031 after its eight-year journey.

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