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Stofftiere Lindner am Weg zum Jupiter Mond Europa
Join the mission and have your name engraved on NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft as it travels 1.8 billion miles to explore Europa, an ocean world that may support life.
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What will Europa Clipper do?
Europa Clipper’s main science goal is to determine whether there are places below the surface of Jupiter’s icy moon, Europa, that could support life.
This animation shows NASA’s Europa Clipper during a flyby of Jupiter's moon Europa. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
The mission’s three main science objectives are to understand the nature of the ice shell and the ocean beneath it, along with the moon’s composition and geology. The mission’s detailed exploration of Europa will help scientists better understand the astrobiological potential for habitable worlds beyond our planet.
NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft will perform dozens of close flybys of Jupiter’s moon Europa, gathering detailed measurements to investigate the moon. The spacecraft, in orbit around Jupiter, will make nearly 50 flybys of Europa at closest-approach altitudes as low as 16 miles (25 kilometers) above the surface, soaring over a different location during each flyby to scan nearly the entire moon.
Key Facts About Europa Clipper
Spacecraft Type: Orbiter
Launch Date: October 2024
Science Instruments: 9
Science Target: Europa
Jupiter Orbit Insertion: April 2030
