NASA's Europa Clipper Mission: What's So Cool About Jupiter's Icy Moon? | JPL

NASA's Europa Clipper Mission: What's So Cool About Jupiter's Icy Moon? | JPL

NASA's next outer solar system mission, Europa Clipper, will gather detailed measurements of Jupiter’s moon Europa. Scientists think the intriguing moon may contain a salty ocean below a miles-thick ice shell, and the Europa Clipper mission, scheduled for launch in 2024, will investigate whether it could have conditions suitable for life. 

This was a live Q&A from JPL's High Bay 1 clean room where the Europa Clipper spacecraft is in the early stages of assembly. What we want to learn from Europa and what kind of instruments we will use to explore it with project staff scientist Cynthia Phillips and project system engineer Jennifer Dooley will be discussed. 

To learn more about the spacecraft’s assembly and to watch a live cam of the clean room, visit: https://europa.nasa.gov/spacecraft/assembly/

Download Europa Clipper Ocean World poster: go.nasa.gov/3Gsjzt5

For additional information on the mission go to: https://europa.nasa.gov/

Credit: NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)/Caltech/Johns Hopkins APL

Duration: 34 minutes

Release Date: September 28, 2022

    

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