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JIMO spacecraft - Artist view

by

Nasa/Novapix

Reference

e-son14-01001

Date

2007-01-03

Illustration of the Jupiter Icy Moons Orbiter (JIMO) around Europe and Ganymede satellites.It was designed to explore the icy moons of Jupiter ;  Europe, Ganymede and Callisto, which are thought to have water beneath their icy surfaces, were targets of interest for the probe.JIMO was to be propelled by an ion propulsion and powered by a fission reactor.