Science Objectives for Flagship-Class Mission Concepts for the Search for Evidence of Life at Enceladus

• DOI: 10.1089/ast.2020.2425
• Publication Date: 2022-03-15T21:19:06Z
• Authors: Shannon M. MacKenzie; Marc Neveu; Alfonso F. Davila; Jonathan I. Lunine; Morgan L. Cable; Charity M. Philli...; Jennifer L. Eigen...; J. Hunter Waite; Kate L. Craft; Jason D. Hofgartner; Chris P. McKay; Christopher R. Glein; Dana Burton; Samuel P. Kounaves; Richard A. Mathies; Steven D. Vance; Michael J. Malaska; Robert Gold; Christopher R. Ge...; Krista M. Soderlund; Peter Willis; Caroline Freissinet; Alfred S. McEwen; John Robert Brucato; Jean-Pierre P. de...; Tori M. Hoehler; Jennifer Heldmann
• Keywords: Enceladus; Habitability; Icy moon; Extraterrestrial Life

revealed that Saturn's Moon Enceladus hosts a subsurface ocean meets the accepted criteria for habitability with bio-essential elements and compounds, liquid water, energy sources available in environment. Whether these conditions are sufficiently abundant collocated to support life remains unknown cannot be determined from