Juice radar shows lunar mapping success in Apollo Earthrise region

Paris, France (SPX) Jul 22, 2025
When ESA's Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) performed a lunar flyby in August 2024, its Radar for Icy Moon Exploration (RIME) captured its first radargram by listening to radio echoes bouncing off the Moon's surface. The data, tracing surface elevation with a vivid pink-to-yellow line against a dark purple backdrop, aligned closely with NASA's Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter (LOLA) elevation mod