E.T. HERE WE COME

Brit scientist is at the helm of space quest

- JERRY LAWTON

MANKIND is heading to Jupiter to find ET... and your out-of-this-world Daily Star is going along for the ride.

A £1.4 billion mission hailed the most likely ever to find aliens will set off for the Solar System's largest planet next month with a British woman at the helm.

And the Universe's top newspaper has been given exclusive access to Mission Control for the final countdown to a trek set to change humanity's future.

An Ariane 5 rocket will blast off from Europe's Spaceport in the South American rainforest of French Guiana on April 13. It will propel a capsule packed with hi-tech gear 372million miles to Jupiter.

Boffins say the planet and its four moons are the most likely in the Solar System to support alien life.