Open AccessNASA developing initial plans for new mission to Jupiter system
Author(s) -
Showstack Randy
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
eos, transactions american geophysical union
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2004eo030003
Subject(s) - jupiter (rocket family) , icy moon , orbiter , astrobiology , aeronautics , aerospace engineering , planet , engineering , physics , astronomy , spacecraft , saturn
NASA is proceeding with initial efforts toward developing a new mission to explore the icy moons of Jupiter, members of a NASA‐chartered science definition team said at an 8 December briefing at the AGU Fall Meeting in San Francisco. The Jupiter Icy Moons Orbiter Mission (JIMO) would include some key science and engineering goals, and could be launched at some point after 2011, if technical and funding issues are resolved, they said.