ESA hosts a cocktail competition in honor of the mission to Jupiter and its moons

The European Space Agency has announced a new competition. Citizens can take part in it

ESA member countries.It is dedicated to the launch of the JUICE device. Participants are encouraged to take inspiration from what Jupiter's atmosphere looks like, the structure of its icy moons, to create the best themed cocktail. Important - it must be non-alcoholic. The idea is based on the fact that the mission's acronym JUICE (Jupiter ICy moons Explorer) translates to "juice" in English.

The competition runs from January 2 to January 31.Participants need to fill out a special form on the website and provide a link to a post on social networks with a photo or video of the finished cocktail. It also needs to explain how its ingredients reflect the essence of the mission. For a cocktail you can use juices, creams, carbonated drinks, syrups, decorative fruits, straws and other paraphernalia.

The winners will be chosen on February 28th.The author of the best recipe will receive an invitation to the German city of Darmstadt, where he will attend ceremonial events dedicated to the mission and watch its launch at the ESA Mission Control Center. Up to nine finalists will receive branded bags from the agency with souvenir paraphernalia.

It was planned to be launched in 2022, but the launchpostponed to 2023. According to the plan, the JUICE mission will study three natural satellites of Jupiter - Ganymede, Callisto and Europa. The goal is to understand whether these moons could harbor life. It is believed that there is liquid water there. JUICE is scheduled to enter Jupiter's orbit in 2031, and in 2032 it will become the first spacecraft to enter the orbit of another planet's moon when it reaches Ganymede.

The spacecraft will be launched on Ariane 5 in April2023. It will take eight years to get to Jupiter, orbiting Earth and Venus, using the planets' gravity to travel. When JUICE gets to the gas giant, it will make 35 flybys of three large moons.

Until 2009, the mission was called Jupiter GanymedeOrbiter (JGO) and was part of the international program (NASA / ESA / Roscosmos / JAXA) Europa Jupiter System Mission, scheduled for launch in 2020. After withdrawing from the US and Japan project in early 2011, ESA continued to work on the project, which has been part of the concept of the Cosmic Vision program since 2007.

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