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Published by:  NASA HQ
Date Published: February 3, 2003

Title: Jupiter Icy Moons Orbiter

The proposed Jupiter Icy Moons Orbiter would for the first time use a nuclear fision reactor. The orbiter would first visit Callisto, then Ganymede and finally Europa. One of its objectives would be to search for signs of life.

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