Jupiter-bound spacecraft's stuck antenna released after clever fix.
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The European Space Agency's Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) mission has successfully deployed its 16-meter-long Radar for Icy Moons Exploration (RIME) antenna after weeks of effort to loosen a stuck pin. The RIME instrument is designed to probe below the surfaces of the large icy moons of Europa, Ganymede and Callisto to depths of up to nine kilometers. JUICE will arrive at Jupiter in 2031, a year after NASA's Europa Clipper mission, slated to launch in October 2024.
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