The electronics box. that s where the data is sent through. and that s actually put into a vault on the main body of the spacecraft. it will help us to see if the oceans are there and whether they have the conditions that are right for life. we ve got volcanic thermal vents on the earth in the really deep oceans of the earth, where bacteria has been found. could easily be something similar, not like little green people running around the surface because on the surface they d be killed by the radiation environment anyway. that radiation s going to be a challenge for the spacecraft, too. built in toulouse, in france, its electronics have been shielded to protect it from the harsh environment. it s been designed to study every aspect ofjupiter s moons. this spacecraft is packed full of instruments. this huge dish is a communications antenna to send messages back to earth. up here at the top, these black poles are a radar that will be probing beneath the icy crust. just down here, this red
May have liquid oceans beneath the surface. our science editor rebecca morelle reports. they re some of the largest moons in the solar system. orbiting jupiter, they re shrouded in thick layers of ice. but beneath, there are hints of vast liquid oceans, and scientists want to find out if they could support life. now, a european space agency mission could answer that question. the spacecraft is called juice, and it has an epicjourney ahead of more than 4 billion miles. it will study europa and callisto in close up detail before getting into orbit around the biggest moon, ganymede. the uk has developed one of the instruments on the spacecraft. so what we re looking at here is the flight bay of our instrument. the black box is the electronics box. that s where the data is sent through. and that s actually put into a vault on the main body of the spacecraft. it will help us to see if the oceans are there and whether they have the conditions that are right for life. we ve got volcanic therm
So what we re looking at here is the flight bay of our instrument. the black box is the electronics box. that s where the data is sent through. and that s actually put into a vault on the main body of the spacecraft. it will help us to see if the oceans are there and whether they have the conditions that are right for life. we ve got volcanic thermal vents on the earth in the really deep oceans of the earth, where bacteria has been found. could easily be something similar, not like little green people running around the surface because on the surface, they d be killed by the radiation environment anyway. that radiation s going to be a challenge for the spacecraft, too. built in toulouse, in france, its electronics have been shielded to protect it from the harsh environment. it s been designed to study every aspect ofjupiter s moons. this spacecraft is packed full of instruments. this huge dish is a communications antenna to send messages back to earth.
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