Europa Clipper
AgencyNASA
Year2024
TypeEuropa flyby
RocketFalcon Heavy
CountryUSA
About the Mission
Designed to investigate whether Jupiters moon Europa could support life. Will make 49 close flybys without orbiting Europa directly to avoid Jupiters radiation. Carries an ice-penetrating radar to search for liquid water. Europa has twice as much water as all of Earths oceans combined.
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