2 May 2012 Last updated at 10:54
Esa selects 1bn-euro Juice probe to Jupiter
Jonathan Amos
Science correspondent, BBC News
The JUpiter ICy moon Explorer
Would launch on Ariane rocket in 2022
Journey to Jupiter system takes eight years
Will study gas giant as well as moons
Fly-bys planned for moons Callisto and Europa
First mission to orbit an icy moon - Ganymede
Would end mission by crashing into surface
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The European Space Agency (Esa) is to mount a billion-euro mission to Jupiter and its icy moons.
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-17917102