Guiseppe Sarri – Project Manager, JUICE Planetary Mission, ESA
JUICE – JUpiter ICy moons Explorer – is the first large-class mission in ESA’s Cosmic Vision 2015-2025 programme. Launched in April 2023, it will take seven years to reach Jupiter in 2029. It will spend at least three years making detailed observations of the giant gaseous planet Jupiter and three of its largest moons, Ganymede, Callisto and Europa.
We flew live to the Kourou spaceport in French Guiana, the world’s most modern launch base, and caught up with Giuseppe Sarri, the experienced space pioneer with over 30 years of ESA missions.
Jupiter’s three largest icy moons all show hints of hosting liquid water oceans beneath their crusts. On Earth, life thrives in the deepest, darkest parts of our oceans near hydrothermal vents. Could life similarly evolve or survive in the oceans floors of these moons? Giuseppe revealed what JUICE aims to discover.
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