Juice -ESA mission to Jupiter and the Polish contribution

The JUpiter ICy moons Explorer (JUICE) will perform advanced investigations of Jupiter and its system in order to understand their inter-relations and complexity. The special attention will be focus on investigation related to the definition the Ganymede as potential habitat. However investigations of Europa and Callisto would complete a comparative picture of the Galilean moons. JUICE is the necessary step for future exploration of Solar System. The JUICE mission was selected by ESA in May 2012, as a first large mission within the Cosmic Vision Program 2015-2025. As Jupiter is the archetype for the giant planets of the Solar System deeply understanding this system its history, from its origin to the possible emergence of habitable environments, will give us unique possibilities for basic research as well as for exploration and advanced technical development. The JUICE mission has been formulated with consultation and strong support from the international planetary science community and it will have broad appeal across a number of different disciplines including geologists, astrobiologists, magnetospheric and atmospheric scientists. The Radio & Plasma Waves Investigation (RPWI) consists of a highly integrated instrument package that will carry out measurements that allow for comprehensive science investigations of the space environments around Jupiter primarily near Ganymede, Europa and Callisto, as well as monitoring radio wave emissions in the Jupiter system.