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Europa Selected As Target of Next Flagship Mission

Posted by samzenpus on from the my-favorite-moon dept.

volcanopele writes "NASA and the European Space Agency announced today that they have selected the Europa/Jupiter System Mission as the next large mission to the outer solar system. For the last year, the Europa mission has been in competition with a proposal to send a mission to Saturn's moon Titan, as reported on Slashdot earlier. The Europa Mission includes two orbiters: one developed by NASA to orbit the icy moon Europa and another developed by ESA to orbit the solar system's largest moon, Ganymede. Both orbiters would spend up to 2.5 years in orbit around Jupiter before settling into orbit around their respective targets, studying Jupiter's satellites, rings, and of course the planet itself. The mission is scheduled to launch in 2020 and arrive at Jupiter in 2025 and 2026."

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  1. Ne4? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    all over America$ aashole to others

  2. we got out nigger in office by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    now you honkies will get a boot in your ass. jews and whites will become the next slaves to the africans and muslims.

    hillery is over in the holy land as we speak sucking on some arab nutsack. shaking the same hands that beheaded american soldiers.