NASA, The National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s Europa Clipper Survives and Thrives in ‘Outer Space’ on Earth – Inergency
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Looking to Launch
Later this spring, the spacecraft will be shipped to NASA, The National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. There, teams of engineers and technicians will carry out final preparations with eyes on the clock. Europa Clipper’s launch period opens Oct. 10.
After liftoff, the spacecraft will zip toward Mars, and in late February 2025, it will be close enough to use the Red Planet’s gravitational force for added momentum. From there, the solar-powered spacecraft will swing back toward Earth to get another slingshot boost – from our own planet’s gravitational field – in December 2026.
Then it’s on to the outer solar system, where Europa Clipper is set to arrive at Jupiter in 2030. The spacecraft will orbit the gas giant while it flies by Europa 49 times, dipping as close as 16 miles (25 kilometers) from the moon’s surface to gather data with its powerful suite of science instruments. The information gathered will tell scientists more about the moon’s watery interior.
More About the Mission
Europa Clipper’s main science goal is to determine whether there are places below the surface of Jupiter’s icy moon, Europa, that can support life. The mission’s three main science objectives are to determine the thickness of the moon’s icy shell and its surface interactions with the ocean below, to investigate its composition, and to characterize its geology. The mission’s detailed exploration of Europa will help scientists better understand the astrobiological potential for habitable worlds beyond our planet.
Managed by Caltech in Pasadena, California, JPL leads the development of the Europa Clipper mission in partnership with the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland, for NASA, The National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s Science Mission Directorate in Washington. APL designed the main spacecraft body in collaboration with JPL and NASA, The National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. The Planetary Missions Program Office at NASA, The National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, executes program management of the Europa Clipper mission.
Find more information about Europa here:
europa.nasa.gov
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