Engineering:Enceladus Orbilander
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Short description: Proposed NASA space probe to Saturn's moon Enceladus
The Enceladus Orbilander is a proposed NASA Flagship mission to Saturn's moon Enceladus. The Enceladus Orbilander would spend a year and a half orbiting Enceladus and sampling its water plumes, which stretch into space, before landing on the surface for a two-year mission to study materials for evidence of life. The mission, with an estimated cost of $4.9 billion, could launch in the late 2030s on a Space Launch System or Falcon Heavy with a landing in the early 2050s. It was proposed in the 2023–2032 Planetary Science Decadal Survey as the third highest priority Flagship mission, after the Uranus Orbiter and Probe and the Mars Sample Return program.[1]
See also
- Abiogenesis
- Astrobiology
- Enceladus Explorer
- Enceladus Life Signatures and Habitability (ELSAH)
- Explorer of Enceladus and Titan (E2T)
- Europa Clipper
- Journey to Enceladus and Titan (JET)
- Life Investigation For Enceladus (LIFE)
- THEO
References
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