Exploration of Jupiter its first Large mission, replacing its contribution to EJSM, the "Jupiter Ganymede Orbiter" (JGO). The partnership for the Europa Jupiter System Mission has since ended, but NASA will continue to contribute the European mission with hardware and an instrument. The "Europa Clipper" is a mission proposed to NASA to focus on studying Jupiter's moon Europa. In March 2013, funds were authorized for "pre-formulation and/or formulation activities for a mission that meets the science goals outlined for the Jupiter Europa mission in the most recent planetary decadal survey". The proposed mission would be set to launch in the early 2020s and
Epithets of Jupiter southern peak was the most ancient sanctuary of the god, traditionally said to have been built by Romulus: this was the shrine of "Iuppiter Feretrius", which was restored by Augustus. The god here had no image and was represented by the sacred flintstone ("silex"). The most ancient known rites, those of the "spolia opima" and of the fetials, connect Jupiter with Mars and Quirinus, and are dedicated to "Iuppiter Feretrius" or "Iuppiter Lapis". From this earliest period, the concept of the sky god encompassed the ethical and political domain. "Juppiter Tonans" ("Thundering Jove") was the aspect ("numen") of Jupiter venerated