NASA Plans Mission To Investigate Jupiter's Moon Of Europa

By Samantha Wright

Published February 1, 2019 at 2:09 PM MST

This artist's rendering shows NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft, which is being developed for a launch sometime in the 2020s. This view shows the spacecraft configuration, which could change before launch, as of early 2016.

Researchers believe the Jupiter moon of Europa could possibly be habitable. The natural satellite has an enormous ocean twenty times deeper than earth's and is covered by a thick, icy shell. Boise State University's First Friday Astronomy Lecturepresents JPL's Dr. Samuel Howell to talk about NASA's Clipper Mission to Europa.

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