Northrop Tapped to Design Jupiter Icy Moons Orbiter with JPL

Posted on: Sep. 21st, 2004 || Source: space.com | E-mail Article | Print Article

Northrop Tapped to Design Jupiter Icy Moons Orbiter with JPL

WASHINGTON -- Northrop Grumman beat out Boeing and Lockheed Martin to win a $400 million contract to help NASA design the proposed multibillion dollar Jupiter Icy Moons Orbiter (JIMO) mission.

The U.S. space agency hopes to launch the nuclear-powered JIMO around 2015 on an ambitious mission to orbit three of Jupiter's planet sized moons.

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