JUICE, or Jupiter ICy Moons Explorer, is a mission dedicated to studying gas giant Jupiter and its ocean-bearing moons.
“On June 20, we opened the UVS aperture door to collect UV light from space for the first time. Soon after, we observed a swath of the sky to verify the instrument was performing well,” said Dr. Randy Gladstone, JUICE-UVS principal investigator, in anThis UVS instrument is smaller than a microwave oven, weighs more than 40 pounds, and requires only 7.5 watts of electricity.
The UVS has been developed to obtain close-up views of the Galilean moons Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto. All these icy moons are potential candidates for searching for liquid water beyond Earth. SwRI also plans to deploy Europa-UVS, a similar sort of instrument that will be a payload onboard NASA's Europa Clipper in 2024. The mission will look at the habitability of Jupiter's moon Europa, which may have a liquid ocean under its frozen surface.
“Having two UVS instruments making measurements in the Jupiter system at roughly the same time will offer exciting complementary science possibilities,” said Dr. Kurt Retherford, principal investigator of Europa-UVS and deputy PI for JUICE-UVS.Launched on 14 April 2023, the JUICE mission will make a detailed observation of Jupiter and its. The spacecraft will also conduct multiple close flybys of the planet and its moon.
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