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JIMO spacecraft - Artist view

author: Nasa/Novapix

reference: e-son14-01000

Image Size 300 DPI: 45 * 25 cm

Illustration of the Jupiter Icy Moons Orbiter (JIMO).
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.

Keywords for this photo:

ILLUSTRATION - ION - JIMO - JOVIAN MOON - JUPITER - NUCLEAR - PLANET - PROPULSION - SATELLITE - SOLAR PANEL - SPACE - SPACECRAFT - SPACEPROBE -