Life Investigation For Enceladus
[5] Enceladus is a small icy moon with jets or geysers of water erupting from its surface that might be connected to active hydrothermal vents at its subsurface water ocean floor,[6][7][8][9][10] where the moon's ocean meets the underlying rock, a prime habitat for life.[11][12] The geysers could provide easy access for sampling the moon's subsurface ocean, and if there is microbial life in it, ice particles from the sea could contain the evidence astrobiologists need to identify them.The proposed spacecraft would enter into Saturn orbit and enable multiple flybys through Enceladus's icy plumes.[17] The mission would have a $425 million development cost cap, and it would reach Saturn after a series of gravity assists past Venus and the Earth.[18][needs update] As currently envisioned, the probe's science payload would consist of:[1] The samples collected would be returned to Earth for extensive analyses.
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