The European Space Agency (ESA) is Europe’s gateway to space. Its mission is to shape the development of Europe’s space capability and ensure that investment in space continues to deliver benefits to the citizens of Europe and the world.
Find out more about space activities in our 23 Member States, and understand how ESA works together with their national agencies, institutions and organisations.
Exploring our Solar System and unlocking the secrets of the Universe
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Data from all of ESA’s Solar System missions, including the Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice), are held in the free-to-access Planetary Science Archive (PSA).
Firstly, spacecraft data arrives at ESA ESOC (Germany) via ground stations around the world. Then ESA transforms 'telemetry' data direct from the spacecraft into raw data. Raw data are calibrated by the instrument science team, saved in a standard format, and stored in the PSA, hosted at ESA ESAC (Spain). Processed data are available in a format useful for science, including documentation on how to use them and information about how they are calibrated
Data are available to all for decades, ensuring long-term science return and supporting future missions.
Discover ESA’s fleet of Solar System missions
Juice will make detailed observations of Jupiter and its three large ocean-bearing moons – Ganymede, Callisto and Europa – with a suite of instruments. The mission will characterise these moons as both planetary objects and possible habitats, explore Jupiter’s complex environment in depth, and study the wider Jupiter system as an archetype for gas giants across the Universe.