While the United States Space Agency or National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) diligently explore the Gale crater on Mars to find traces of life on the red planet, the scientists of the European Space Agency (ESA) actually cast attention to two other planets, Jupiter and Saturn. They suspect that the "aliens" living in the two planet's moons.
Through the JUpiter ICy moons Explorer (JUICE) mission, the first exploration will be focused to the three Jupiter's icy-moons. Professor Michelle Docherty, a lead researcher for the magnetometer of Imperial College in London, will lead the ambitious mission. "We wanted to examine whether the moons of Jupiter such as the Ganymede, Callisto, and Europa, providing the environment needed to support life," said Professor Docherty, on April 17, 2013.
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| Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) mission. (Picture from: http://www.spacedaily.com/) |
The JUICE mission will be launched in 2022 in collaboration with NASA, that is expected to reach Jupiter eight years later. The spacecraft will explore whether the icy moons have water, warm enough, and organic compounds necessary of life. And JUICE also will carry 11 experiments developed by scientific teams from 15 European countries, the United States and Japan.
The spacecraft will orbit Jupiter for three years and travel past its moons Callisto and Europa multiple times, then orbit Ganymede, a moon larger than the planet Mercury. JUICE will conduct the first thorough exploration of Jupiter since NASA's Galileo mission from 1989-2003. By studying the Jupiter system, JUICE will look to learn more about the formation and evolution of potentially habitable worlds in our solar system and beyond.
The spacecraft will orbit Jupiter for three years and travel past its moons Callisto and Europa multiple times, then orbit Ganymede, a moon larger than the planet Mercury. JUICE will conduct the first thorough exploration of Jupiter since NASA's Galileo mission from 1989-2003. By studying the Jupiter system, JUICE will look to learn more about the formation and evolution of potentially habitable worlds in our solar system and beyond.
UK Center of Astrobiology also built laboratory under the Yorkshire city at the depth of 1 kilometer to examine how life survived underground. "We look for indicators that might be found on other planets," said Professor Charles Cockrell, who led the UK Center of Astrobiology, as quoted by The Telegraph.
This study departs from the Curiosity's findings on Mars. The NASA spacecraft was sure there would be no life on Mars's surface because of the harsh environmental conditions. *** [EKA | FROM VARIOUS SOURCES | THE TELEGRAPH | SPACE DAILY | MAHARDIKA SATRIA HADI | KORAN TEMPO 4204]
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