The rocket, on the nose of which there is a picture of the Ukrainian Yaryna Zakalyuzhnaya

, is about to go on a space journey.

In 2021, the girl won the international children's competition.

What Yarinka drew and how the full-scale invasion of Russia into Ukraine changed the life of her family - writes TSN.

The final details are applied to the Ariane-5 space rocket.

It will be launched into space on April 13.

The nose of the spacecraft is decorated with a drawing by 10-year-old Ukrainian Yaryna Zakalyuzhnaya.

Her work was chosen by the jury as the best out of more than two and a half thousand drawn by children from 63 countries around the world.

The competition took place in 2021.

The mission, which will study Jupiter and its satellites, was supposed to start in 2 years.

But while the girl was counting down to the launch of a rocket with her picture into space, the Russians started launching rockets over Ukraine.

The life of this family, like hundreds of thousands of others, has changed dramatically.

Yaryna lives with her mother and brother Gordii in a small town in the south of Great Britain.

The girl continues to study and draw.

Every Saturday, Yaryna goes to study at the Royal Art School.

One of the pictures shows a dog who is now next to her dad.

On the morning of February 24, Leonid went to the Military Committee instead of the university where he taught the theory of literature.

At first they managed to call each other every day.

Now their communication is reduced to short messages.

Dad was Yarynka's first drawing teacher.

Because he himself once studied at an art school.

And thanks to him then, 2 years ago, the girl learned about the competition of the European Space Agency.

The jury was impressed by the drawing because it best conveyed the purpose of the mission and the mood of the planets.

He also impressed the TSN team.

Yaryna was one of the guests of our holiday broadcast on the last day of 2021 and received our traditional award "Those who impress".

At the same time, her brother's dream came true - to meet the Hero of Ukraine - the legendary Dmytro Kotsyubail on the pseudo "Da Vinci".

They recall that New Year was the happiest for the Zakalyuzhny family.

They dreamed of going to the rocket launch as a whole family.

Then it seemed that nothing could stop them.

But now...

But Yarinka knows that her father, even though he is far away, is rooting for her very much.

Therefore, she has no right to let him down.

The girl is still thinking about her speech, but she already knows what she will wear.

In the image of a little artist, even the smallest details will emphasize that she is Ukrainian.

Ceremonial events will take place in the German city of Darmstadt.

And the spacecraft will be launched from the spaceport in French Guiana.

This flight will last 9 years.

And another 4 - the mission will explore Jupiter and its satellites.

We will remind you that previously

astronomers found dark asteroids filled with water between Mars and Jupiter

.

These asteroids are almost as old as the Solar System, and may have been the ones that brought water to Earth.

NASA's high-powered telescope also

spotted a glow at Jupiter's poles

.

New images of the largest planet in the Solar System were obtained by the James Webb telescope camera, which uses infrared radiation.

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