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Europa Jupiter System Mission (EJSM-Laplace) A mission to Ganymede and the Jupiter system
Theme	How does the Solar System work? What are the conditions for planet formation and emergence of life?
Primary Goals	Characterize Ganymede as a planetary object including its potential habitability Study the Jupiter system as an archetype for gas giants
Spacecraft	JGO: Jupiter Ganymede Orbiter
Lifetime	6 years cruise & 3 years in the Jovian system
Type	L-class candidate mission

Mission home: http://sci.esa.int/ejsm

NEWS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

		New approach for L-class mission candidates

		Presentations from fourth EJSM instrument workshop

		Call for Payload Study Consortia for Cosmic Vision L-class Mission EJSM/Laplace

LATEST PUBLICATIONS

	JUICE technical and programmatic review report

	JUICE assessment study report (Yellow Book)

	EJSM-Laplace assessment study report (Yellow Book)

	EJSM-Laplace technical review report

HIGHLIGHTS

		JUICE instrument workshop 2011 (9-11 Nov 2011)

		L-class missions presentation event 2011 (3 Feb 2011)

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Last Update: 16 Mar 2012

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