The US space agency NASA has announced that, the agency and the European Space Agency (ESA) would conduct missions to Jupiter, Saturn and many moons that revolve around these planets. The missions include sending multiple spacecraft to the Jupiter and Saturn systems to explore the planets. The missions also include sending spacecraft to unique satellites such as Jupiter's ice-covered Europa and Saturn's shrouded moon Titan.

 

The first of these missions would be aimed at Jupiter which is dubbed as Europa Jupiter System Mission.  It would send two orbiting spacecraft to study the planet and its large moons such as Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto, a NASA officials said on Wednesday (18th February). The spacecraft would be launched in 2020 with the goal of reaching Jupiter by 2026 and would spend three years in studying the planet and its moons, NASA said.

 

The Saturn expedition of NASA and ESA is dubbed as the Titan Saturn System mission would include a NASA-built orbiter to study Saturn and its moons. The mission also would include the European lander and research balloon to continue the exploration of the planet's cloud-covered moon Titan.