On August 19-20, JUICE successfully completed the world’s first Lunar-Earth gravity assist. This maneuver will allow JUICE to take a shortcut via Venus on its route to the Jupiter system.

During the flybys of the Moon on August 19 and Earth on August 20, RIME was operating and successfully acquired data on both celestial bodies. Our team at the RIME Science Operation Centre of RSLab at the University of Trento monitored RIME’s telemetry during operations and is currently analyzing the data collected during this complex maneuver.

Below some samples from the coverage of the regional, national and international media.