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
The Sands of Mars one of the most believable trips to Mars." The book has given an inspiration for the title of guitarist Jimi Hendrix's last and unfinished album, "First Rays of the New Rising Sun". The album also contains an unfinished song "New Rising Sun" in which "Jupiter Sun" is mentioned. It was also published later as part of "The Space Trilogy", an omnibus of three of Clarke's earlier works which also includes "Islands in the Sky" and "Earthlight". The transformation of Phobos into a second sun has similarities to what is done to Jupiter in Clarke's novel "". In that case, alien