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Esa selects 1bn-euro Juice probe to Jupiter

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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




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