Europe's Extraterrestrial SAT

ESA SAT To Explore Jupiter & Its Moons

Source:  ESA

JUICE'S Search for Signs of Alien Life

The European Space Agency (ESA) is

putting the final touches on a new

spacecraft specifically designed to search

for alien life.  The first place that it will search

for extraterrestrial life is Jupiter and its Moons.

The spacecraft is called JUICE or Jupiter 

Icy Moons Explorer.  JUICE's purpose is

to find alien life or determine if the planet and its

Moons are capable of sustaining life.

This is yet another example of

how seriously global space agencies,

are taking the search for life beyond Earth.

NASA with its upcoming Mars probe

is leading the exploration along with ESA.

JUICE's Timeline

Right now in Germany, JUICE is being

outfitted with highly advanced

communications systems, navigation

sensors and onboard computers.

Next stop is The Netherlands, where

it will go through rigorous testing.

JUICE's launch is set for June 2022.

Underwater Alien Life

ESA is targeting for exploration by

JUICE three of Jupiter's 79 Moons.

The reason is the 3 Moons have the

perfect environments to support

water and oceans.  ESA scientists

are especially interested to determine

if those oceans hold alien life

forms in underwater environments.  

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