Transcript Upcoming Missions to Europax

Upcoming Missions to Europa
(All Photos Credit NASA and ESA)
Europa
Artist's Concept of Europa Water
Vapor Plume
Artist Rendering of NASA Mission
NASA-Selected Science Instruments for
Europa Mission
• Plasma Instrument for Magnetic Sounding (PIMS)
• Interior Characterization of Europa using
MAGnetometry (ICEMAG)
• Mapping Imaging Spectrometer for Europa (MISE)
• Europa Imaging System (EIS)
• Radar for Europa Assessment and Sounding: Ocean to
Near-surface (REASON)
• Europa THermal Emission Imaging System (E-THEMIS)
• MAss SPectrometer for Planetary EXploration/Europa
(MASPEX)
• Ultraviolet Spectrograph/Europa (UVS)
• SUrface Dust Mass Analyzer (SUDA)
Artist Concept of ESA’s JUICE
(JUpiter ICy moons Explorer)
ESA-Selected Science Instruments for
Juice Mission
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JANUS – Optical Camera system
MAJIS - Moons and Jupiter Imaging Spectrometer
UVS - UV imaging Spectrograph
SWI - Sub-millimeter Atmospheric Wave Instrument
GALA - GAnymede Laser Altimeter
RIME - Radar for Icy Moons Exploration
J-MAG - A Magnetometer for JUICE
PEP - Particle Environment Plasma Package
RPWI - Radio & Plasma Wave Investigation
3GM - Gravity & Geophysics of Jupiter and Galilean Moons - Radio science package
• PRIDE - Planetary Radio Interferometer & Doppler
Experiment