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ESA's JUICE spacecraft performed a Venus flyby on August 31 as part of its journey to study Jupiter's icy moons Ganymede, Callisto, and Europa, using gravity assists to reach its destination by July 2031, despite temporarily losing communication and shielding itself from Venus's heat.
Europe's JUICE spacecraft, en route to Jupiter, experienced a communication glitch but successfully reestablished contact before its crucial Venus flyby on August 31, which is part of its trajectory to study Jupiter's moons. The mission aims to arrive at Jupiter in July 2031 and includes multiple gravity assists, with the Venus flyby helping to increase its velocity. Despite the communication issue caused by a software glitch, the spacecraft is in good health and on schedule for its upcoming maneuvers.
The European Space Agency's Juice spacecraft successfully resolved a communication anomaly caused by a software bug, allowing it to proceed with its Venus flyby and continue its mission to study Jupiter's moons, despite initial communication challenges.
NASA's Parker Solar Probe is set for its final flyby of Venus, using the planet's gravity to propel itself towards a record-breaking close encounter with the Sun. This maneuver will bring the probe within 233 miles of Venus and later within 3.86 million miles of the Sun, the closest any human-made object has come to the star. The mission, which has provided valuable data on Venus and the Sun, is scheduled to conclude in 2025.
NASA's Parker Solar Probe has broken the record for the fastest human-made object, reaching a speed of 394,736 mph (635,266 km/h) as it flew close to the sun's surface. It also set a new distance record by coming within 4.51 million miles (7.26 million km) of the solar surface. The probe's flybys of Venus have been crucial in achieving these records, as the planet absorbs some of the probe's orbital energy, allowing it to get closer to the sun. The Parker Solar Probe's mission is to study the sun's corona and improve our understanding of space weather.