Airbus Defence & Space in France has been selected as the prime industrial contractor for ESAs Juice mission to Jupiter and its icy moons. Juice (JUpiter ICy moons Explorer) was selected in May 2012 as the first Large-class mission within ESAs Cosmic Vision 201525 programme. The spacecraft should be launched in 2022 and arrive in the Jovian system in 2030. Read more
SwRI ultraviolet instrument selected for ESA's JUICE mission to Jupiter's icy moons
An ultraviolet spectrograph designed by Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) has been selected for flight on the European Space Agency's Jupiter Icy Moon Explorer (JUICE). NASA is funding development of the instrument, which will observe ultraviolet emissions from the Jovian system. Read more
ESA chooses instruments for its Jupiter icy moons explorer
The JUpiter ICy moons Explorer mission, JUICE, will carry a total of 11 scientific experiments to study the gas giant planet and its large ocean-bearing moons, ESA announced today. Read more
Europe approves billion euro mission to explore icy worlds of Jupiter
The European Space Agency (ESA) has approved a new mission to explore Jupiter and its icy moons, to reveal fresh insights into the habitability of the 'waterworlds' orbiting the giant planets in our solar system and beyond. Read more
Delegates to the European Space Agency are expected to approve a billion-euro mission to Jupiter and its icy moons when they meet in Paris on Wednesday. The probe, called Juice, would be built in time for a launch in 2022, although it would be a further eight years before it reached the Jovian system. Read more
The fightback has begun. As soon as it became known on Wednesday that a mission to Jupiter's icy moons was in pole position to become the next big European space venture, proponents of rival concepts were on the web campaigning to try to change the outcome. Read more
A proposal to study Jupiter's icy moons is now the front runner for selection as a billion-euro space mission. However, formal selection of the mission will have to wait until a European space committee meets to discuss the contenders in May. The Juice mission would launch in 2022 and would help assess whether Jupiter's moons could support life. Read more