An ocean under a moon orbiting Jupiter..NASA sends a vehicle to confirm
As part of the scrutiny of underwater life, NASA's Juno spacecraft has reached its closest point in 20 years to the icy, glowing moon Europa that orbits Jupiter.
In the details, "Juno" was able to approach a distance of 357 kilometers from "Europe", which is believed to have an ocean flowing under its thick frozen crust, which increases the possibility of life underwater.
The size of the Earth's moon
Scientists hope to get lucky and spot potential water plumes that may flow from the surface of Europa, which is about the size of Earth's moon.
In turn, Scott Bolton, chief scientist at Juno and an official at the Southwest Research Institute based in San Antonio, United States, explained that specialists must be in the right place at exactly the right time to monitor the target.
While John Purdy, assistant mission manager at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, expected the spacecraft to travel at a relatively "very fast" speed of 123.6 kilometers per second.
It is reported that NASA had announced that relevant images should be available by Friday.
While the former "Galileo" spacecraft of NASA still holds the record for approaching the moon, "Europe" by 351 km, which was set in 2000.