Explorer Missions
By:Sunny
What is an explorer mission
An explore mission is NASA's longest series of spacecraft, with 74 successful and 4 unsuccessful missions. It is basically those satalites launched up in the air and the rovers. They also send people up into space. There are explore missions done by many other countries like Britain.
The Explorer 1
Explorer 1 was launched in January 3 1958 was the first successful American satellite. Explore 1 was the first spacecraft that could detect the radiation trapped in the earths magnetosphere (magnetosphere- the magnetic field surrounding earths atmosphere.
Jupiter's icy moon exploration
Jupiter's icy moon exploration (juice) is research that shows that there is ice under 1 of jupiter's 3 moons Europa and wherever there is ice there is water and so that means that there can be life in Europa. They are going to launch their spaceshuttle in 2022. The British is launching the Ariane 5
Ariane 5
It is the Rocket the British is going to use for the mission JUICE
Rotation of Jupiter's moons
That is the rotation of Jupiter's 3 moons
Europa
Europa is a moon that may have water under the surface and there might be some life in the moon