NASA confirmed the next phase of Europa Clipper mission which will explore life on Jupiter’s Galilean moon Europa. The US space agency says that it targets to have the spacecraft ready for launch by
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NASA has confirmed the next phase of development of the Europa Clipper mission – an interplanetary mission to Jupiter’s smallest moon Europa. The US space agency has cleared the mission to progress through its final design phase, followed by the construction and testing of the entire spacecraft.Advertising
The latest development comes over 2 years after NASA originally announced its plans for the Galilean moon. To recall, NASA had announced the Europa Clipper mission back in March 2017. The mission will be conducting an in-depth exploration of Jupiter’s moon Europa and investigate whether the icy moon can have suitable conditions for sustaining life and increase our insights in to astrobiology.
NASA targets to have the Europa Clipper spacecraft ready for launch early by 2023. The space agency had earlier committed a launch date by 2025.
The space agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California leads the development of the Europa Clipper mission in partnership with the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory for the Science Mission Directorate. The mission is managed by the Planetary Missions Program Office at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama.
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