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Europa wins next big planetary mission

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Space agencies target Jupiter system for orbiters that will launch in 2020.

NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA) have chosen Jupiter's moons as the destination for their upcoming joint outer planet flagship mission. A trip to Saturn's moon Titan needs further study, the agencies decided.

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With reporting by Eric Hand.

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Kwok, R. Europa wins next big planetary mission. Nature (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/news.2009.109

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