Could we discover conditions necessary for life outside the Earth in the Solar System? This is one of the mysteries that the space mission JUICE (for JUpiter ICy moons Explorer) – set to be launched from Kourou, French Guiana, on Thursday 13 April...
To enable the equipment and instruments to function with 1000W , the craft will rely on huge solar panels – their surface area totals 85mBuilt by 80 European companies under the direction of EADS Toulouse, the JUICE probe has a wingspan of 28 meters , a 2.5-metre long communications antenna .Ten scientific instruments on boardMoons and Jupiter Imaging Spectrometer
MAJIS will also study their ice sheets and liquid water. This will enable us to identify landing sites for future in situ exploration, and evaluate the structure and dynamics of Jupiter's atmosphere. Juno's nominal mission has been extended to fly past each of Jupiter's Galilean moons, starting with Ganymede in June 2021, and Europa in early 2023. These observations and subsequent data analysis will allow JUICE scientists to better target the observations they make – 12 years after Juno and 30 years after Galileo.
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